#8D38C4#8D38C4

#8D38C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.210 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38C4
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 58.82, -57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 82.48, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% 0.1306 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.21 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3604, 12.4770, 53.4442)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38C4 #6FC438

analogous

#4738C4 #8D38C4 #C438B5

triadic

#8D38C4 #C48D38 #38C48D

tetradic

#8D38C4 #C44738 #6FC438 #38B5C4

square

#8D38C4 #C44738 #6FC438 #38B5C4

split-complementary

#8D38C4 #B5C438 #38C447

monochromatic

#491D65 #6B2A94 #8D38C4 #A866D3 #C396E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8D38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8D38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38C4

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38C4	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1264C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.210 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376d7',
    500: '#8d38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38c4;
$custom-light: #b376d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52582,
    "c": 0.20961,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38C4

secondary

#A5CC8C

accent

#DF4984

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38C4

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

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