#8E38D4#8E38D4

#8E38D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.226 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E38D4
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 62.56, -64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 90.20, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1292 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.226 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4505, 13.3327, 63.5600)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E38D4 #7ED438

analogous

#4038D4 #8E38D4 #D438CC

triadic

#8E38D4 #D48E38 #38D48E

tetradic

#8E38D4 #D44038 #7ED438 #38CCD4

square

#8E38D4 #D44038 #7ED438 #38CCD4

split-complementary

#8E38D4 #CCD438 #38D440

monochromatic

#4E1A78 #6E25AA #8E38D4 #AB6ADF #C79DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8E38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8E38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E38D4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E38D4	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.226 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b577e2',
    500: '#8e38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e38d4;
$custom-light: #b577e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.077,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53894,
    "c": 0.22557,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E38D4

secondary

#B0D692

accent

#E7408B

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120915

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E38D4

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

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