#8537C1#8537C1

#8537C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.206 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537C1
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 193)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 57.01, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 81.66, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.1214 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.206 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6626, 11.5694, 51.5863)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537C1 #73C137

analogous

#4037C1 #8537C1 #C137B8

triadic

#8537C1 #C18537 #37C185

tetradic

#8537C1 #C14037 #73C137 #37B8C1

square

#8537C1 #C14037 #73C137 #37B8C1

split-complementary

#8537C1 #B8C137 #37C140

monochromatic

#431C62 #642991 #8537C1 #A263D2 #BE92E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8537C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8537C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537C1

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537C1	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.206 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad75d5',
    500: '#8537c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537c1;
$custom-light: #ad75d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51263,
    "c": 0.20568,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537C1

secondary

#A6CB89

accent

#DF498A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537C1

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

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