#8B38BB#8B38BB

#8B38BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.200 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38BB
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 56.44, -54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 78.13, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1292 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.2 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0295, 11.9056, 48.1943)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38BB #68BB38

analogous

#4938BB #8B38BB #BB38A9

triadic

#8B38BB #BB8B38 #38BB8B

tetradic

#8B38BB #BB4938 #68BB38 #38A9BB

square

#8B38BB #BB4938 #68BB38 #38A9BB

split-complementary

#8B38BB #A9BB38 #38BB49

monochromatic

#451C5D #682A8C #8B38BB #A761D0 #C190DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8B38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8B38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38BB

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38BB	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2162B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.200 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d0',
    500: '#8b38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38bb;
$custom-light: #b175d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.015,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51687,
    "c": 0.20013,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38BB

secondary

#9FC886

accent

#DD4B80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38BB

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

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