#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
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 59.32, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 84.47, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(52.63% 0.1273 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(52.63% 0.213 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4847, 12.4877, 55.8582)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8B38C8	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B38C8

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

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