#8D38D4#8D38D4

#8D38D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.225 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D38D4
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 62.38, -65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 90.23, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1278 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.225 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2796, 13.2446, 63.5520)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D38D4 #7FD438

analogous

#3F38D4 #8D38D4 #D438CD

triadic

#8D38D4 #D48D38 #38D48D

tetradic

#8D38D4 #D43F38 #7FD438 #38CDD4

square

#8D38D4 #D43F38 #7FD438 #38CDD4

split-complementary

#8D38D4 #CDD438 #38D43F

monochromatic

#4D1A78 #6D25AA #8D38D4 #AA6ADF #C79DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8D38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8D38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D38D4

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D38D4	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.225 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b477e2',
    500: '#8d38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d38d4;
$custom-light: #b477e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.692,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53773,
    "c": 0.22535,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D38D4

secondary

#B1D692

accent

#E7408C

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120915

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D38D4

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

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