#8D38D3#8D38D3

#8D38D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.224 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38D3
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, 62.16, -64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 89.75, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.128 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.224 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1539, 13.1943, 62.8897)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38D3 #7ED338

analogous

#3F38D3 #8D38D3 #D338CC

triadic

#8D38D3 #D38D38 #38D38D

tetradic

#8D38D3 #D33F38 #7ED338 #38CCD3

square

#8D38D3 #D33F38 #7ED338 #38CCD3

split-complementary

#8D38D3 #CCD338 #38D33F

monochromatic

#4D1A76 #6D25A9 #8D38D3 #AA6ADE #C69CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8D38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8D38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38D3

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38D3	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.224 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b477e1',
    500: '#8d38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38d3;
$custom-light: #b477e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53697,
    "c": 0.22437,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38D3

secondary

#B0D592

accent

#E7418C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38D3

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

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