#8F38C5#8F38C5

#8F38C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.211 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F38C5
RGB	rgb(143, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 59.43, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 82.93, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% 0.1331 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.211 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8179, 12.6996, 54.0617)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F38C5 #6EC538

analogous

#4838C5 #8F38C5 #C538B5

triadic

#8F38C5 #C58F38 #38C58F

tetradic

#8F38C5 #C54838 #6EC538 #38B5C5

square

#8F38C5 #C54838 #6EC538 #38B5C5

split-complementary

#8F38C5 #B5C538 #38C548

monochromatic

#4A1D66 #6C2A95 #8F38C5 #AA67D4 #C496E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8F38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8F38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F38C5

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F38C5	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1565C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.211 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476d7',
    500: '#8f38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f38c5;
$custom-light: #b476d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52905,
    "c": 0.21115,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F38C5

secondary

#A5CD8C

accent

#DF4982

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F38C5

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

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