#8237B2#8237B2

#8237B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.190 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8237B2
RGB	rgb(130, 55, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 69.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 53.00, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 74.27, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% 0.1194 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.19 309)
XYZ	xyz(18.6064, 10.6929, 43.1946)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8237B2 #67B237

analogous

#4437B2 #8237B2 #B237A5

triadic

#8237B2 #B28237 #37B282

tetradic

#8237B2 #B24437 #67B237 #37A5B2

square

#8237B2 #B24437 #67B237 #37A5B2

split-complementary

#8237B2 #A5B237 #37B244

monochromatic

#3E1A54 #602983 #8237B2 #A05ACC #BB89DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#8237B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8237B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8237B2

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8237B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8237B2	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F5DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B5270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8237b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 55, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.190 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa74ca',
    500: '#8237b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8237b2;
$custom-light: #aa74ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8237b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49797,
    "c": 0.18958,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.10693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8237B2

secondary

#9BC580

accent

#DC4C84

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F4EDF8

border

#CEC8D1

text

#100813

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8237B2

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

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