#8D38C6#8D38C6

#8D38C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.212 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38C6
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 59.26, -58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 83.45, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1303 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.212 308)
XYZ	xyz(22.5896, 12.5686, 54.6511)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38C6 #71C638

analogous

#4638C6 #8D38C6 #C638B8

triadic

#8D38C6 #C68D38 #38C68D

tetradic

#8D38C6 #C64638 #71C638 #38B8C6

square

#8D38C6 #C64638 #71C638 #38B8C6

split-complementary

#8D38C6 #B8C638 #38C646

monochromatic

#491D67 #6B2B96 #8D38C6 #A867D4 #C497E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8D38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8D38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38C6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38C6	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A64C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.212 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376d8',
    500: '#8d38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38c6;
$custom-light: #b376d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.915,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52727,
    "c": 0.21157,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.12568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38C6

secondary

#A7CD8D

accent

#DF4985

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38C6

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

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