#8537B7#8537B7

#8537B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.196 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537B7
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 183)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 69.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 54.75, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 76.72, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% 0.1228 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.196 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5846, 11.1382, 45.9087)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537B7 #69B737

analogous

#4537B7 #8537B7 #B737A9

triadic

#8537B7 #B78537 #37B785

tetradic

#8537B7 #B74537 #69B737 #37A9B7

square

#8537B7 #B74537 #69B737 #37A9B7

split-complementary

#8537B7 #A9B737 #37B745

monochromatic

#411B59 #632988 #8537B7 #A25DCE #BD8CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8537B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8537B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537B7

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537B7	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B5FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.196 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74cd',
    500: '#8537b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537b7;
$custom-light: #ad74cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.563,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50532,
    "c": 0.19556,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537B7

secondary

#9DC783

accent

#DD4B84

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537B7

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

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