#8437D9#8437D9

#8437D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.230 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8437D9
RGB	rgb(132, 55, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 62.41, -69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 93.47, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1152 -0.1988)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.23 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4032, 12.6474, 66.8404)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8437D9 #8CD937

analogous

#373BD9 #8437D9 #D537D9

triadic

#8437D9 #D98437 #37D984

tetradic

#8437D9 #D9373B #8CD937 #37D9D5

square

#8437D9 #D9373B #8CD937 #37D9D5

split-complementary

#8437D9 #D9D537 #3BD937

monochromatic

#48187E #6622B1 #8437D9 #A46AE3 #C39EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8437D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8437D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8437D9

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8437D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8437D9	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#706186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8437d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 55, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.230 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75e6',
    500: '#8437d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8437d9;
$custom-light: #af75e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8437d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.519,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53011,
    "c": 0.22975,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8437D9

secondary

#B8D993

accent

#EB3D98

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#110916

muted

#807B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8437D9

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

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