#8D38B4#8D38B4

#8D38B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.194 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38B4
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 55.36, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 74.73, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1325 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.194 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6355, 11.7870, 44.3593)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38B4 #5FB438

analogous

#4F38B4 #8D38B4 #B4389D

triadic

#8D38B4 #B48D38 #38B48D

tetradic

#8D38B4 #B44F38 #5FB438 #389DB4

square

#8D38B4 #B44F38 #5FB438 #389DB4

split-complementary

#8D38B4 #9DB438 #38B44F

monochromatic

#441B57 #682985 #8D38B4 #A95DCD #C28BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8D38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8D38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38B4

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38B4	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E62B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.194 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275cb',
    500: '#8d38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38b4;
$custom-light: #b275cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5146,
    "c": 0.1939,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38B4

secondary

#97C582

accent

#DC4C79

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38B4

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

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