#8B38C5#8B38C5

#8B38C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.210 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38C5
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, 58.65, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 83.01, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.1278 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.21 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1376, 12.3488, 54.0298)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38C5 #72C538

analogous

#4538C5 #8B38C5 #C538B9

triadic

#8B38C5 #C58B38 #38C58B

tetradic

#8B38C5 #C54538 #72C538 #38B9C5

square

#8B38C5 #C54538 #72C538 #38B9C5

split-complementary

#8B38C5 #B9C538 #38C545

monochromatic

#481D66 #692A95 #8B38C5 #A767D4 #C296E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#8B38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8B38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38C5

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38C5	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0563C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81597B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.210 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276d7',
    500: '#8b38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38c5;
$custom-light: #b276d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52406,
    "c": 0.21005,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38C5

secondary

#A7CD8C

accent

#DF4987

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38C5

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

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