#8C38D4#8C38D4

#8C38D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.225 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C38D4
RGB	rgb(140, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 62.21, -65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 90.27, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1265 -0.1863)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.225 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1103, 13.1573, 63.5440)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C38D4 #80D438

analogous

#3E38D4 #8C38D4 #D438CE

triadic

#8C38D4 #D48C38 #38D48C

tetradic

#8C38D4 #D43E38 #80D438 #38CED4

square

#8C38D4 #D43E38 #80D438 #38CED4

split-complementary

#8C38D4 #CED438 #38D43E

monochromatic

#4C1A78 #6D25AA #8C38D4 #A96ADF #C69DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8C38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8C38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C38D4

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C38D4	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.225 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b477e2',
    500: '#8c38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c38d4;
$custom-light: #b477e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53654,
    "c": 0.22514,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C38D4

secondary

#B1D692

accent

#E7408D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120915

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C38D4

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

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