#8F38B8#8F38B8

#8F38B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.199 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F38B8
RGB	rgb(143, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 56.64, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 76.66, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.1347 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.199 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3921, 12.1293, 46.5524)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F38B8 #61B838

analogous

#4F38B8 #8F38B8 #B838A1

triadic

#8F38B8 #B88F38 #38B88F

tetradic

#8F38B8 #B84F38 #61B838 #38A1B8

square

#8F38B8 #B84F38 #61B838 #38A1B8

split-complementary

#8F38B8 #A1B838 #38B84F

monochromatic

#461B5A #6B2A89 #8F38B8 #AB5FCE #C38EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8F38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8F38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F38B8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F38B8	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C64B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.199 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476ce',
    500: '#8f38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f38b8;
$custom-light: #b476ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.781,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51993,
    "c": 0.1985,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F38B8

secondary

#9AC785

accent

#DD4B7A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F38B8

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

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