#8B38D3#8B38D3

#8B38D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.224 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38D3
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 61.80, -65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 89.82, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.1253 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.224 304)
XYZ	xyz(23.8168, 13.0205, 62.8739)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38D3 #80D338

analogous

#3E38D3 #8B38D3 #D338CE

triadic

#8B38D3 #D38B38 #38D38B

tetradic

#8B38D3 #D33E38 #80D338 #38CED3

square

#8B38D3 #D33E38 #80D338 #38CED3

split-complementary

#8B38D3 #CED338 #38D33E

monochromatic

#4C1A76 #6C25A9 #8B38D3 #A86ADE #C59CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8B38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8B38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38D3

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38D3	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.224 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376e1',
    500: '#8b38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38d3;
$custom-light: #b376e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.129,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53457,
    "c": 0.22394,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.1302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38D3

secondary

#B1D592

accent

#E7418E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38D3

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

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