#8D38BB#8D38BB

#8D38BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.201 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38BB
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 56.86, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 78.12, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% 0.1318 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.201 311)
XYZ	xyz(21.3666, 12.0794, 48.2101)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38BB #66BB38

analogous

#4B38BB #8D38BB #BB38A8

triadic

#8D38BB #BB8D38 #38BB8D

tetradic

#8D38BB #BB4B38 #66BB38 #38A8BB

square

#8D38BB #BB4B38 #66BB38 #38A8BB

split-complementary

#8D38BB #A8BB38 #38BB4B

monochromatic

#461C5D #692A8C #8D38BB #A961D0 #C290DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8D38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8D38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38BB

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38BB	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2563B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.201 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276d0',
    500: '#8d38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38bb;
$custom-light: #b276d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.931,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51942,
    "c": 0.20076,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.12079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38BB

secondary

#9EC886

accent

#DD4B7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38BB

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

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