#8E38E3#8E38E3

#8E38E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.240 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E38E3
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 227)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 65.96, -71.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 97.41, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1259 -0.2046)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.24 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4313, 14.1250, 73.9921)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E38E3 #8DE338

analogous

#3838E3 #8E38E3 #E338E3

triadic

#8E38E3 #E38E38 #38E38E

tetradic

#8E38E3 #E33838 #8DE338 #38E3E3

square

#8E38E3 #E33838 #8DE338 #38E3E3

split-complementary

#8E38E3 #E3E338 #38E338

monochromatic

#51148D #6F1BC2 #8E38E3 #AC6EEB #CBA3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8E38E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8E38E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E38E3

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E38E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E38E3	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e38e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.240 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b677ed',
    500: '#8e38e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e38e3;
$custom-light: #b677ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e38e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.175,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55063,
    "c": 0.24025,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E38E3

secondary

#BBDF98

accent

#F23693

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E38E3

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

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