#8D38B7#8D38B7

#8D38B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.197 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38B7
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 56.00, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 76.18, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.1322 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.197 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9444, 11.9105, 45.9862)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38B7 #62B738

analogous

#4D38B7 #8D38B7 #B738A2

triadic

#8D38B7 #B78D38 #38B78D

tetradic

#8D38B7 #B74D38 #62B738 #38A2B7

square

#8D38B7 #B74D38 #62B738 #38A2B7

split-complementary

#8D38B7 #A2B738 #38B74D

monochromatic

#451B59 #692A88 #8D38B7 #A95ECE #C28DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8D38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8D38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38B7

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38B7	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B63B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.197 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276cd',
    500: '#8d38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38b7;
$custom-light: #b276cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.157,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51665,
    "c": 0.19684,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38B7

secondary

#9AC784

accent

#DD4B7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38B7

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

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