#8F38C7#8F38C7

#8F38C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.213 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F38C7
RGB	rgb(143, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 59.87, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 83.90, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1328 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.213 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0486, 12.7919, 55.2766)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F38C7 #70C738

analogous

#4738C7 #8F38C7 #C738B8

triadic

#8F38C7 #C78F38 #38C78F

tetradic

#8F38C7 #C74738 #70C738 #38B8C7

square

#8F38C7 #C74738 #70C738 #38B8C7

split-complementary

#8F38C7 #B8C738 #38C747

monochromatic

#4A1D67 #6D2B97 #8F38C7 #AA68D4 #C598E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8F38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8F38C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F38C7

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F38C7	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F65C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.213 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576d9',
    500: '#8f38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f38c7;
$custom-light: #b576d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.503,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5305,
    "c": 0.2131,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F38C7

secondary

#A6CD8D

accent

#DF4884

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F38C7

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

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