#8537C8#8537C8

#8537C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.213 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537C8
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 58.61, -61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 85.10, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1202 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.213 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4620, 11.8891, 55.7965)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537C8 #7AC837

analogous

#3D37C8 #8537C8 #C837C2

triadic

#8537C8 #C88537 #37C885

tetradic

#8537C8 #C83D37 #7AC837 #37C2C8

square

#8537C8 #C83D37 #7AC837 #37C2C8

split-complementary

#8537C8 #C2C837 #37C83D

monochromatic

#451D68 #652A98 #8537C8 #A267D5 #C097E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8537C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8537C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537C8

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537C8	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#785A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.213 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae75da',
    500: '#8537c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537c8;
$custom-light: #ae75da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51791,
    "c": 0.21276,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537C8

secondary

#ABCE8D

accent

#E0488E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537C8

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

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