#8B38C8#8B38C8

#8B38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.213 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B38C8
RGBrgb(139, 56, 200)
HSLhsl(275, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(275, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(30.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(41.98, 59.32, -60.14)
CIE-LCHlch(41.98, 84.47, 314.61°)
OKLaboklab(52.63% 0.1273 -0.1708)
OKLCHoklch(52.63% 0.213 306.7)
XYZxyz(22.4847, 12.4877, 55.8582)
Luminance0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B38C8 #75C838
analogous
#4338C8 #8B38C8 #C838BD
triadic
#8B38C8 #C88B38 #38C88B
tetradic
#8B38C8 #C84338 #75C838 #38BDC8
square
#8B38C8 #C84338 #75C838 #38BDC8
split-complementary
#8B38C8 #BDC838 #38C843
monochromatic
#491D69 #6A2A99 #8B38C8 #A768D5 #C398E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00
#8B38C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50
#8B38C8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38C8
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B38C8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B38C81.006.003.506.00
#FFFFFF6.001.0021.001.00
#0000003.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.001.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0060CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0064C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#815A7D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.213 306.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276da',
    500: '#8b38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b38c8;
$custom-light: #b276da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52627,
    "c": 0.21302,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B38C8
secondary
#A9CE8E
accent
#E04888
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFB
border
#D0C8D4
text
#110915
muted
#807B83

Preview Lab

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#8B38C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva