#8F38D9#8F38D9

#8F38D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.231 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F38D9
RGB	rgb(143, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 63.86, -67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 92.57, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1295 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.231 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2634, 13.6778, 66.9413)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F38D9 #82D938

analogous

#3E38D9 #8F38D9 #D938D3

triadic

#8F38D9 #D98F38 #38D98F

tetradic

#8F38D9 #D93E38 #82D938 #38D3D9

square

#8F38D9 #D93E38 #82D938 #38D3D9

split-complementary

#8F38D9 #D3D938 #38D93E

monochromatic

#4F187E #7022B2 #8F38D9 #AC6BE3 #C99FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8F38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8F38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F38D9

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F38D9	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.231 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b677e6',
    500: '#8f38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f38d9;
$custom-light: #b677e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.422,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54397,
    "c": 0.23067,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F38D9

secondary

#B4D994

accent

#EB3D8D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F38D9

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

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