#8E38C4#8E38C4

#8E38C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.210 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E38C4
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, 59.01, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 82.46, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1319 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.21 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5313, 12.5651, 53.4522)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E38C4 #6EC438

analogous

#4838C4 #8E38C4 #C438B4

triadic

#8E38C4 #C48E38 #38C48E

tetradic

#8E38C4 #C44838 #6EC438 #38B4C4

square

#8E38C4 #C44838 #6EC438 #38B4C4

split-complementary

#8E38C4 #B4C438 #38C448

monochromatic

#491D65 #6C2A94 #8E38C4 #A966D3 #C496E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8E38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8E38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E38C4

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E38C4	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1564C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.210 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476d7',
    500: '#8e38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e38c4;
$custom-light: #b476d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52707,
    "c": 0.20989,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E38C4

secondary

#A5CC8C

accent

#DF4983

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E38C4

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

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