#8E38CE#8E38CE

#8E38CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.220 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E38CE
RGBrgb(142, 56, 206)
HSLhsl(274, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(274, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(31.1%, 72.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(42.82, 61.22, -62.24)
CIE-LCHlch(42.82, 87.30, 314.53°)
OKLaboklab(53.44% 0.1303 -0.1769)
OKLCHoklch(53.44% 0.22 306.4)
XYZxyz(23.7077, 13.0356, 59.6477)
Luminance0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E38CE #78CE38
analogous
#4338CE #8E38CE #CE38C3
triadic
#8E38CE #CE8E38 #38CE8E
tetradic
#8E38CE #CE4338 #78CE38 #38C3CE
square
#8E38CE #CE4338 #78CE38 #38C3CE
split-complementary
#8E38CE #C3CE38 #38CE43
monochromatic
#4C1C70 #6D28A1 #8E38CE #AA69DA #C69AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82
#8E38CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61
#8E38CE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E38CE
5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E38CE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E38CE1.005.823.615.82
#FFFFFF5.821.0021.001.00
#0000003.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.821.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0062D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0066CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#835C80
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e38ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.220 306.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476de',
    500: '#8e38ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e38ce;
$custom-light: #b476de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e38ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53441,
    "c": 0.21969,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E38CE
secondary
#ACD290
accent
#E44488
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EEFB
border
#D0C9D4
text
#120915
muted
#817B83

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#8E38CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva