#8E38D9#8E38D9

#8E38D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.230 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E38D9
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, 63.69, -67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 92.61, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1282 -0.1915)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.23 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0910, 13.5889, 66.9333)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E38D9 #83D938

analogous

#3D38D9 #8E38D9 #D938D3

triadic

#8E38D9 #D98E38 #38D98E

tetradic

#8E38D9 #D93D38 #83D938 #38D3D9

square

#8E38D9 #D93D38 #83D938 #38D3D9

split-complementary

#8E38D9 #D3D938 #38D93D

monochromatic

#4F187E #6F22B2 #8E38D9 #AB6BE3 #C89FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8E38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8E38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E38D9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E38D9	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.230 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b577e6',
    500: '#8e38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e38d9;
$custom-light: #b577e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.05,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54277,
    "c": 0.23047,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E38D9

secondary

#B4D994

accent

#EB3D8E

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E38D9

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

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