#8237A9#8237A9

#8237A9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.180 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8237A9
RGB	rgb(130, 55, 169)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 51.00, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 69.80, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.1203 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.18 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7322, 10.3432, 38.5908)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8237A9 #5EA937

analogous

#4937A9 #8237A9 #A93797

triadic

#8237A9 #A98237 #37A982

tetradic

#8237A9 #A94937 #5EA937 #3797A9

square

#8237A9 #A94937 #5EA937 #3797A9

split-complementary

#8237A9 #97A937 #37A949

monochromatic

#3B194D #5E287B #8237A9 #A155C8 #BA84D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#8237A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8237A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8237A9

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8237A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8237A9	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B5CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D4E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8237a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 55, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.180 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa73c3',
    500: '#8237a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8237a9;
$custom-light: #aa73c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8237a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4917,
    "c": 0.18036,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8237A9

secondary

#93C07B

accent

#DA4D7E

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EDF8

border

#CEC8D1

text

#100813

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8237A9

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

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