#8237B4#8237B4

#8237B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.192 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8237B4
RGB	rgb(130, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.20, 53.45, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.20, 75.26, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1192 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.192 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8086, 10.7738, 44.2599)
Luminance	0.1077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8237B4 #69B437

analogous

#4337B4 #8237B4 #B437A7

triadic

#8237B4 #B48237 #37B482

tetradic

#8237B4 #B44337 #69B437 #37A7B4

square

#8237B4 #B44337 #69B437 #37A7B4

split-complementary

#8237B4 #A7B437 #37B443

monochromatic

#3E1A56 #602985 #8237B4 #9F5BCD #BB8ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#8237B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#8237B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8237B4

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8237B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8237B4	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B5DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A5271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8237b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.192 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab74cb',
    500: '#8237b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8237b4;
$custom-light: #ab74cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8237b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4994,
    "c": 0.19163,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8237B4

secondary

#9DC681

accent

#DD4B85

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F5EDF9

border

#CFC8D2

text

#100913

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8237B4

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

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