#8437C8#8437C8

#8437C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.213 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8437C8
RGB	rgb(132, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 58.43, -61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 85.13, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.1188 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.213 304)
XYZ	xyz(21.3048, 11.8081, 55.7892)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8437C8 #7BC837

analogous

#3B37C8 #8437C8 #C837C4

triadic

#8437C8 #C88437 #37C884

tetradic

#8437C8 #C83B37 #7BC837 #37C4C8

square

#8437C8 #C83B37 #7BC837 #37C4C8

split-complementary

#8437C8 #C4C837 #37C83B

monochromatic

#451D68 #642A98 #8437C8 #A267D5 #BF97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8437C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8437C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8437C8

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8437C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8437C8	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8437c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.213 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad75da',
    500: '#8437c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8437c8;
$custom-light: #ad75da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8437c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.862,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51671,
    "c": 0.21254,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.11808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8437C8

secondary

#ABCE8D

accent

#E0488F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8437C8

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

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