#8E38BB#8E38BB

#8E38BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.201 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E38BB
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 57.07, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 78.11, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.1331 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.201 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5375, 12.1675, 48.2181)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E38BB #65BB38

analogous

#4C38BB #8E38BB #BB38A7

triadic

#8E38BB #BB8E38 #38BB8E

tetradic

#8E38BB #BB4C38 #65BB38 #38A7BB

square

#8E38BB #BB4C38 #65BB38 #38A7BB

split-complementary

#8E38BB #A7BB38 #38BB4C

monochromatic

#461C5D #6A2A8C #8E38BB #A961D0 #C390DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#8E38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8E38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E38BB

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E38BB	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2763B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.201 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376d0',
    500: '#8e38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e38bb;
$custom-light: #b376d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.389,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5207,
    "c": 0.20108,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E38BB

secondary

#9DC886

accent

#DD4B7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E38BB

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

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