#8237A4#8237A4

#8237A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.175 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8237A4
RGB	rgb(130, 55, 164)
HSL	hsl(281, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.13, 49.90, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.13, 67.32, 317.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% 0.1206 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.175 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2718, 10.1591, 36.1658)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8237A4 #59A437

analogous

#4B37A4 #8237A4 #A43790

triadic

#8237A4 #A48237 #37A482

tetradic

#8237A4 #A44B37 #59A437 #3790A4

square

#8237A4 #A44B37 #59A437 #3790A4

split-complementary

#8237A4 #90A437 #37A44B

monochromatic

#391848 #5E2876 #8237A4 #A253C5 #BA81D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#8237A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#8237A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8237A4

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8237A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8237A4	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F4C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8237a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 55, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.175 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa73bf',
    500: '#8237a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8237a4;
$custom-light: #aa73bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8237a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.284,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48832,
    "c": 0.17525,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8237A4

secondary

#8EBE79

accent

#D94F7A

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F4EDF7

border

#CEC8D0

text

#100812

muted

#7F7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8237A4

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

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