#8237C6#8237C6

#8237C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.210 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8237C6
RGB	rgb(130, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 57.59, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 84.21, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% 0.1164 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.21 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7628, 11.5555, 54.5517)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8237C6 #7BC637

analogous

#3B37C6 #8237C6 #C637C2

triadic

#8237C6 #C68237 #37C682

tetradic

#8237C6 #C63B37 #7BC637 #37C2C6

square

#8237C6 #C63B37 #7BC637 #37C2C6

split-complementary

#8237C6 #C2C637 #37C63B

monochromatic

#431C66 #632A96 #8237C6 #A066D4 #BE96E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8237C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8237C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8237C6

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8237C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8237C6	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8237c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.210 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac74d8',
    500: '#8237c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8237c6;
$custom-light: #ac74d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8237c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.469,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51279,
    "c": 0.21009,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8237C6

secondary

#ABCD8C

accent

#E04890

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8237C6

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

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