#8D38D1#8D38D1

#8D38D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.222 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38D1
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 209)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 61.71, -63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 88.78, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1284 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.222 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9047, 13.0947, 61.5774)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38D1 #7CD138

analogous

#4038D1 #8D38D1 #D138C9

triadic

#8D38D1 #D18D38 #38D18D

tetradic

#8D38D1 #D14038 #7CD138 #38C9D1

square

#8D38D1 #D14038 #7CD138 #38C9D1

split-complementary

#8D38D1 #C9D138 #38D140

monochromatic

#4C1B74 #6D26A6 #8D38D1 #A96ADC #C69BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8D38D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8D38D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38D1

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38D1	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.222 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b477e0',
    500: '#8d38d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38d1;
$custom-light: #b477e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53545,
    "c": 0.2224,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38D1

secondary

#AFD491

accent

#E6428B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38D1

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

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