#8B38BA#8B38BA

#8B38BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.199 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38BA
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 69.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 56.22, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 77.65, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1293 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.199 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9229, 11.8630, 47.6324)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38BA #67BA38

analogous

#4A38BA #8B38BA #BA38A8

triadic

#8B38BA #BA8B38 #38BA8B

tetradic

#8B38BA #BA4A38 #67BA38 #38A8BA

square

#8B38BA #BA4A38 #67BA38 #38A8BA

split-complementary

#8B38BA #A8BA38 #38BA4A

monochromatic

#451C5C #682A8B #8B38BA #A760CF #C18FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8B38BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8B38BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38BA

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38BA	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2362B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.199 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175cf',
    500: '#8b38ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38ba;
$custom-light: #b175cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51616,
    "c": 0.19914,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38BA

secondary

#9EC886

accent

#DD4B80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38BA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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