#8B38CA#8B38CA

#8B38CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.215 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38CA
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 59.76, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 85.44, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.127 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.215 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7200, 12.5818, 57.0973)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38CA #77CA38

analogous

#4238CA #8B38CA #CA38C0

triadic

#8B38CA #CA8B38 #38CA8B

tetradic

#8B38CA #CA4238 #77CA38 #38C0CA

square

#8B38CA #CA4238 #77CA38 #38C0CA

split-complementary

#8B38CA #C0CA38 #38CA42

monochromatic

#491D6B #6A299B #8B38CA #A768D7 #C399E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8B38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8B38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38CA

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38CA	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.215 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276db',
    500: '#8b38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38ca;
$custom-light: #b276db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.11,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52776,
    "c": 0.21501,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38CA

secondary

#AACF8E

accent

#E14789

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38CA

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

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