#8B38D1#8B38D1

#8B38D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.222 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38D1
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 209)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 61.34, -64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 88.85, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.1257 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.222 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5676, 12.9209, 61.5616)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38D1 #7ED138

analogous

#3F38D1 #8B38D1 #D138CB

triadic

#8B38D1 #D18B38 #38D18B

tetradic

#8B38D1 #D13F38 #7ED138 #38CBD1

square

#8B38D1 #D13F38 #7ED138 #38CBD1

split-complementary

#8B38D1 #CBD138 #38D13F

monochromatic

#4B1B74 #6B26A6 #8B38D1 #A86ADC #C59BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8B38D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B38D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38D1

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38D1	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.222 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376e0',
    500: '#8b38d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38d1;
$custom-light: #b376e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.549,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53304,
    "c": 0.22196,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38D1

secondary

#B0D491

accent

#E6428D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38D1

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

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