#8B38C4#8B38C4

#8B38C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.209 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38C4
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 58.42, -58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 82.52, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% 0.128 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.209 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0234, 12.3031, 53.4284)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38C4 #71C438

analogous

#4538C4 #8B38C4 #C438B7

triadic

#8B38C4 #C48B38 #38C48B

tetradic

#8B38C4 #C44538 #71C438 #38B7C4

square

#8B38C4 #C44538 #71C438 #38B7C4

split-complementary

#8B38C4 #B7C438 #38C445

monochromatic

#471D65 #692A94 #8B38C4 #A766D3 #C296E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#8B38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8B38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38C4

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38C4	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A63C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.209 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276d7',
    500: '#8b38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38c4;
$custom-light: #b276d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52333,
    "c": 0.20906,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38C4

secondary

#A6CC8C

accent

#DF4986

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38C4

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

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