#8F38C8#8F38C8

#8F38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.214 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F38C8
RGB	rgb(143, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 60.08, -59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 84.38, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% 0.1327 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.214 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1650, 12.8385, 55.8901)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F38C8 #71C838

analogous

#4738C8 #8F38C8 #C838B9

triadic

#8F38C8 #C88F38 #38C88F

tetradic

#8F38C8 #C84738 #71C838 #38B9C8

square

#8F38C8 #C84738 #71C838 #38B9C8

split-complementary

#8F38C8 #B9C838 #38C847

monochromatic

#4B1D69 #6D2A99 #8F38C8 #AA68D5 #C598E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8F38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8F38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F38C8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F38C8	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B65C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86597D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.214 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576da',
    500: '#8f38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f38c8;
$custom-light: #b576da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53122,
    "c": 0.21408,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F38C8

secondary

#A7CE8E

accent

#E04884

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F38C8

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

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