#8437BF#8437BF

#8437BF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.203 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8437BF
RGB	rgb(132, 55, 191)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 56.36, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 80.69, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1203 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.203 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2838, 11.3997, 50.4119)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8437BF #72BF37

analogous

#4037BF #8437BF #BF37B6

triadic

#8437BF #BF8437 #37BF84

tetradic

#8437BF #BF4037 #72BF37 #37B6BF

square

#8437BF #BF4037 #72BF37 #37B6BF

split-complementary

#8437BF #B6BF37 #37BF40

monochromatic

#421C60 #63298F #8437BF #A162D2 #BD91DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8437BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8437BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8437BF

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8437BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8437BF	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A5777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8437bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.203 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74d3',
    500: '#8437bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8437bf;
$custom-light: #ad74d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8437bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.971,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50992,
    "c": 0.2034,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8437BF

secondary

#A4CA88

accent

#DF498A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8437BF

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

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