#8237B5#8237B5

#8237B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.193 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8237B5
RGB	rgb(130, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, 53.68, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 75.76, 315.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.119 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.193 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9109, 10.8147, 44.7983)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8237B5 #6AB537

analogous

#4337B5 #8237B5 #B537A9

triadic

#8237B5 #B58237 #37B582

tetradic

#8237B5 #B54337 #6AB537 #37A9B5

square

#8237B5 #B54337 #6AB537 #37A9B5

split-complementary

#8237B5 #A9B537 #37B543

monochromatic

#3F1A57 #602986 #8237B5 #9F5CCD #BB8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#8237B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#8237B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8237B5

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8237B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8237B5	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#195DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A5372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8237b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.193 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab74cc',
    500: '#8237b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8237b5;
$custom-light: #ab74cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8237b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50012,
    "c": 0.19266,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8237B5

secondary

#9DC682

accent

#DD4B86

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F5EDF9

border

#CFC8D2

text

#100913

muted

#7F7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8237B5

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

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