#8D38B2#8D38B2

#8D38B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.192 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38B2
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(282, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 54.94, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 73.77, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1327 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.192 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4332, 11.7061, 43.2940)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38B2 #5DB238

analogous

#5038B2 #8D38B2 #B2389A

triadic

#8D38B2 #B28D38 #38B28D

tetradic

#8D38B2 #B25038 #5DB238 #389AB2

square

#8D38B2 #B25038 #5DB238 #389AB2

split-complementary

#8D38B2 #9AB238 #38B250

monochromatic

#431B55 #682983 #8D38B2 #AA5CCC #C28ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8D38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8D38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38B2

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38B2	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3162AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.192 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275ca',
    500: '#8d38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38b2;
$custom-light: #b275ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.803,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51325,
    "c": 0.19195,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38B2

secondary

#96C581

accent

#DC4C78

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38B2

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

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