#8E38C8#8E38C8

#8E38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.214 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E38C8
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, 59.89, -59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 84.40, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1313 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.214 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9927, 12.7496, 55.8820)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E38C8 #72C838

analogous

#4638C8 #8E38C8 #C838BA

triadic

#8E38C8 #C88E38 #38C88E

tetradic

#8E38C8 #C84638 #72C838 #38BAC8

square

#8E38C8 #C84638 #72C838 #38BAC8

split-complementary

#8E38C8 #BAC838 #38C846

monochromatic

#4A1D69 #6C2A99 #8E38C8 #A968D5 #C498E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8E38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8E38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E38C8

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E38C8	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0665C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85597D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.214 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476da',
    500: '#8e38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e38c8;
$custom-light: #b476da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52998,
    "c": 0.21381,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E38C8

secondary

#A8CE8E

accent

#E04885

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E38C8

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

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