#8537C3#8537C3

#8537C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.208 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537C3
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.67, 57.47, -59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.67, 82.64, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.121 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.208 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8872, 11.6592, 52.7693)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537C3 #75C337

analogous

#3F37C3 #8537C3 #C337BB

triadic

#8537C3 #C38537 #37C385

tetradic

#8537C3 #C33F37 #75C337 #37BBC3

square

#8537C3 #C33F37 #75C337 #37BBC3

split-complementary

#8537C3 #BBC337 #37C33F

monochromatic

#441C64 #642A93 #8537C3 #A264D3 #BF94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#8537C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8537C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537C3

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537C3	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.208 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae75d6',
    500: '#8537c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537c3;
$custom-light: #ae75d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51412,
    "c": 0.20771,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537C3

secondary

#A7CC8A

accent

#DF498B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537C3

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

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