#8C38CA#8C38CA

#8C38CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.215 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C38CA
RGB	rgb(140, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 59.95, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 85.42, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.1283 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.215 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8878, 12.6683, 57.1051)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C38CA #76CA38

analogous

#4338CA #8C38CA #CA38BF

triadic

#8C38CA #CA8C38 #38CA8C

tetradic

#8C38CA #CA4338 #76CA38 #38BFCA

square

#8C38CA #CA4338 #76CA38 #38BFCA

split-complementary

#8C38CA #BFCA38 #38CA43

monochromatic

#4A1D6B #6B299B #8C38CA #A868D7 #C499E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8C38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8C38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C38CA

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C38CA	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.215 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376db',
    500: '#8c38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c38ca;
$custom-light: #b376db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.521,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52898,
    "c": 0.21526,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C38CA

secondary

#AACF8E

accent

#E14788

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C38CA

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

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