#8537BC#8537BC

#8537BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.201 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537BC
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 55.87, -56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 79.19, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.1221 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.201 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1142, 11.3500, 48.6983)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537BC #6EBC37

analogous

#4237BC #8537BC #BC37B1

triadic

#8537BC #BC8537 #37BC85

tetradic

#8537BC #BC4237 #6EBC37 #37B1BC

square

#8537BC #BC4237 #6EBC37 #37B1BC

split-complementary

#8537BC #B1BC37 #37BC42

monochromatic

#421B5D #64298D #8537BC #A260D0 #BE8FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8537BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8537BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537BC

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537BC	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E5FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C5576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.201 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74d1',
    500: '#8537bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537bc;
$custom-light: #ad74d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.188,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50894,
    "c": 0.20062,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537BC

secondary

#A2C986

accent

#DE4A87

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537BC

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

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