#8B38C2#8B38C2

#8B38C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.207 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38C2
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 57.98, -57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 81.54, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.1283 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.207 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7972, 12.2127, 52.2375)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38C2 #6FC238

analogous

#4638C2 #8B38C2 #C238B4

triadic

#8B38C2 #C28B38 #38C28B

tetradic

#8B38C2 #C24638 #6FC238 #38B4C2

square

#8B38C2 #C24638 #6FC238 #38B4C2

split-complementary

#8B38C2 #B4C238 #38C246

monochromatic

#471D63 #692A93 #8B38C2 #A765D2 #C294E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8B38C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8B38C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38C2

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38C2	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1263BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.207 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276d5',
    500: '#8b38c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38c2;
$custom-light: #b276d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52187,
    "c": 0.20707,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38C2

secondary

#A4CB8A

accent

#DF4985

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38C2

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

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