#8C38BB#8C38BB

#8C38BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.200 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C38BB
RGB	rgb(140, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 56.65, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 78.13, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1305 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.2 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1973, 11.9921, 48.2021)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C38BB #67BB38

analogous

#4A38BB #8C38BB #BB38A9

triadic

#8C38BB #BB8C38 #38BB8C

tetradic

#8C38BB #BB4A38 #67BB38 #38A9BB

square

#8C38BB #BB4A38 #67BB38 #38A9BB

split-complementary

#8C38BB #A9BB38 #38BB4A

monochromatic

#451C5D #692A8C #8C38BB #A861D0 #C290DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8C38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8C38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C38BB

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C38BB	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2363B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.200 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276d0',
    500: '#8c38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c38bb;
$custom-light: #b276d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.473,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51814,
    "c": 0.20044,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C38BB

secondary

#9EC886

accent

#DD4B7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C38BB

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

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