Colour reference

Electric Violet

#8338ec

RGB: rgb(131 56 236)
HSL: 265°, 83%, 57%
OKLCh: 54.6% 0.248 295.9

Electric Violet in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#8338ec`
RGB	`rgb(131 56 236)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(131, 56, 236)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.37% 21.96% 92.55%)`
HSL	`hsl(265 82.6% 57.3%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(265, 82.6%, 57.3%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(265, 76.3%, 92.5%)`
HWB	`hwb(265 22% 7.5%)`
Nearest name	`blueviolet (approx.)`
CMYK	`cmyk(44.5%, 76.3%, 0%, 7.5%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(54.577% 0.24783 295.879)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(54.577% 0.10817 -0.22298)`
CIE LCh	`lch(42.717% 98.692 306.622)`
CIE Lab	`lab(42.717% 58.873 -79.209)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.4774 0.2368 0.8914)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.4235 0.2143 0.8714)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.227 0.0395 0.8388)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.2591 0.1371 0.8064)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.514, 0.22, 0.925)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.227, 0.04, 0.839)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.514, 0.22, 0.925, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.227, 0.04, 0.839, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(131, 56, 236)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.514, 0.22, 0.925)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.227, 0.04, 0.839)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.514, 0.22, 0.925, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.514, 0.22, 0.925, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.514, 0.22, 0.925)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.514, 0.22, 0.925, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.227, 0.04, 0.839)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.514f, 0.22f, 0.925f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(131, 56, 236, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.227f, 0.0395f, 0.8388f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(131, 56, 236, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.514, 0.22, 0.925, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFF8338EC)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(131, 56, 236)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.514, green: 0.22, blue: 0.925)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.514, green: 0.22, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0x8338EC`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFF8338EC`
Array 0–1	`[0.514, 0.22, 0.925]`
Array 0–255	`[131, 56, 236]`
Decimal integer	`8599788`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Electric Violet on white	5.61:1	AA	Lc 77	Body text, 18px and up
Electric Violet on black	3.74:1	AA Large	Lc 25	Not usable for text

Electric Violet text on a white background

Electric Violet text on a black background

White text on Electric Violet

Black text on Electric Violet

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#f9f3ff
100#f0e7ff
200#e0d2ff
300#cdb5ff
400#b58dff
500#9d5aff
600#833dea
700#6c24c8
800#5809a9
900#47008f
950#2a005d

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#9562f2
Tint 2#a885f7
Tint 3#bca4fb
Tint 4#d1c3fe
Tint 5#e8e1ff
Shade 1#652ab9
Shade 2#491c89
Shade 3#2f0f5b
Shade 4#170531
Shade 5#03010d

Colours that work with Electric Violet

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#6d7900
#b15100
#00876d
#2c59fd
#b30ebb

Closest CSS names

bluevioletΔEok 0.027
darkorchidΔEok 0.068
darkvioletΔEok 0.070
slateblueΔEok 0.085
mediumslateblueΔEok 0.089
mediumpurpleΔEok 0.121