#8537D4#8537D4

#8537D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.225 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537D4
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 61.40, -67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 90.99, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1177 -0.1916)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.225 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9198, 12.4723, 63.4745)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537D4 #86D437

analogous

#3738D4 #8537D4 #D437D4

triadic

#8537D4 #D48537 #37D485

tetradic

#8537D4 #D43738 #86D437 #37D4D4

square

#8537D4 #D43738 #86D437 #37D4D4

split-complementary

#8537D4 #D4D437 #38D437

monochromatic

#481A77 #6624A9 #8537D4 #A469DF #C29CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8537D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8537D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537D4

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537D4	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.225 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75e2',
    500: '#8537d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537d4;
$custom-light: #af75e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.809,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52725,
    "c": 0.22487,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537D4

secondary

#B4D691

accent

#E84094

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#110915

muted

#807B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537D4

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

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