#8B38D9#8B38D9

#8B38D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.230 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B38D9
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 63.17, -67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 92.73, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1241 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.23 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5830, 13.3270, 66.9094)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B38D9 #86D938

analogous

#3A38D9 #8B38D9 #D938D6

triadic

#8B38D9 #D98B38 #38D98B

tetradic

#8B38D9 #D93A38 #86D938 #38D6D9

square

#8B38D9 #D93A38 #86D938 #38D6D9

split-complementary

#8B38D9 #D6D938 #38D93A

monochromatic

#4D187E #6C22B2 #8B38D9 #A96BE3 #C79FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8B38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8B38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B38D9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B38D9	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.230 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b377e6',
    500: '#8b38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b38d9;
$custom-light: #b377e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.932,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53923,
    "c": 0.22988,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B38D9

secondary

#B5D994

accent

#EB3D91

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B38D9

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

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