#8F38C2#8F38C2

#8F38C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.208 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F38C2
RGB	rgb(143, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, 58.78, -56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 81.48, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1335 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.208 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4776, 12.5635, 52.2694)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F38C2 #6BC238

analogous

#4A38C2 #8F38C2 #C238B0

triadic

#8F38C2 #C28F38 #38C28F

tetradic

#8F38C2 #C24A38 #6BC238 #38B0C2

square

#8F38C2 #C24A38 #6BC238 #38B0C2

split-complementary

#8F38C2 #B0C238 #38C24A

monochromatic

#491D63 #6C2A93 #8F38C2 #AA65D2 #C494E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8F38C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8F38C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F38C2

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F38C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F38C2	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C65BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f38c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.208 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476d5',
    500: '#8f38c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f38c2;
$custom-light: #b476d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f38c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5269,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F38C2

secondary

#A2CB8A

accent

#DF4980

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F38C2

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

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