#8437BC#8437BC

#8437BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.200 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8437BC
RGB	rgb(132, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.03, 55.67, -56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.03, 79.21, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1208 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.2 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9571, 11.2690, 48.6910)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8437BC #6FBC37

analogous

#4137BC #8437BC #BC37B1

triadic

#8437BC #BC8437 #37BC84

tetradic

#8437BC #BC4137 #6FBC37 #37B1BC

square

#8437BC #BC4137 #6FBC37 #37B1BC

split-complementary

#8437BC #B1BC37 #37BC41

monochromatic

#421B5D #63298D #8437BC #A160D0 #BD8FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#8437BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8437BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8437BC

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8437BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8437BC	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A5FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B5576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8437bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.200 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac74d1',
    500: '#8437bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8437bc;
$custom-light: #ac74d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8437bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5077,
    "c": 0.20036,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8437BC

secondary

#A2C986

accent

#DE4A88

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8437BC

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

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