#8F38C4#8F38C4

#8F38C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.210 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F38C4
RGB	rgb(143, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 59.21, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 82.45, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1333 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.21 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7037, 12.6539, 53.4603)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F38C4 #6DC438

analogous

#4938C4 #8F38C4 #C438B3

triadic

#8F38C4 #C48F38 #38C48F

tetradic

#8F38C4 #C44938 #6DC438 #38B3C4

square

#8F38C4 #C44938 #6DC438 #38B3C4

split-complementary

#8F38C4 #B3C438 #38C449

monochromatic

#4A1D65 #6C2A94 #8F38C4 #AA66D3 #C496E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8F38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8F38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F38C4

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F38C4	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1865C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.210 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476d7',
    500: '#8f38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f38c4;
$custom-light: #b476d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52833,
    "c": 0.21018,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F38C4

secondary

#A4CC8C

accent

#DF4982

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F38C4

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

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