#8537BD#8537BD

#8537BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.202 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537BD
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 56.10, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 79.68, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% 0.122 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.202 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2224, 11.3933, 49.2680)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537BD #6FBD37

analogous

#4237BD #8537BD #BD37B2

triadic

#8537BD #BD8537 #37BD85

tetradic

#8537BD #BD4237 #6FBD37 #37B2BD

square

#8537BD #BD4237 #6FBD37 #37B2BD

split-complementary

#8537BD #B2BD37 #37BD42

monochromatic

#421B5E #64298E #8537BD #A260D1 #BE90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8537BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8537BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537BD

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537BD	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A5FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C5676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.202 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74d2',
    500: '#8537bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537bd;
$custom-light: #ad74d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50967,
    "c": 0.20163,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537BD

secondary

#A2C986

accent

#DE4A88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537BD

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

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