#8537C7#8537C7

#8537C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.212 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537C7
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.96, 58.38, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.96, 84.61, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.1203 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.212 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3455, 11.8425, 55.1831)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537C7 #79C737

analogous

#3D37C7 #8537C7 #C737C1

triadic

#8537C7 #C78537 #37C785

tetradic

#8537C7 #C73D37 #79C737 #37C1C7

square

#8537C7 #C73D37 #79C737 #37C1C7

split-complementary

#8537C7 #C1C737 #37C73D

monochromatic

#451C67 #652A97 #8537C7 #A266D5 #BF96E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8537C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8537C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537C7

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537C7	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#785A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.212 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae75d9',
    500: '#8537c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537c7;
$custom-light: #ae75d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51715,
    "c": 0.21175,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537C7

secondary

#AACD8C

accent

#E0488E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537C7

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

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