#8D38B8#8D38B8

#8D38B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.198 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38B8
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 56.21, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 76.67, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.1321 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.198 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0488, 11.9523, 46.5363)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38B8 #63B838

analogous

#4D38B8 #8D38B8 #B838A3

triadic

#8D38B8 #B88D38 #38B88D

tetradic

#8D38B8 #B84D38 #63B838 #38A3B8

square

#8D38B8 #B84D38 #63B838 #38A3B8

split-complementary

#8D38B8 #A3B838 #38B84D

monochromatic

#451B5A #692A89 #8D38B8 #A95FCE #C28EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8D38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8D38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38B8

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38B8	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2963B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.198 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276ce',
    500: '#8d38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38b8;
$custom-light: #b276ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.844,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51734,
    "c": 0.19782,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38B8

secondary

#9BC785

accent

#DD4B7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38B8

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

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