#8D38C8#8D38C8

#8D38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.214 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38C8
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 59.70, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 84.42, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.13 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.214 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8218, 12.6615, 55.8740)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38C8 #73C838

analogous

#4538C8 #8D38C8 #C838BB

triadic

#8D38C8 #C88D38 #38C88D

tetradic

#8D38C8 #C84538 #73C838 #38BBC8

square

#8D38C8 #C84538 #73C838 #38BBC8

split-complementary

#8D38C8 #BBC838 #38C845

monochromatic

#4A1D69 #6B2A99 #8D38C8 #A868D5 #C498E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8D38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8D38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38C8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38C8	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0164C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.214 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376da',
    500: '#8d38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38c8;
$custom-light: #b376da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52874,
    "c": 0.21354,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38C8

secondary

#A8CE8E

accent

#E04886

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38C8

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

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