#8537D6#8537D6

#8537D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.227 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537D6
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 74.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 61.87, -68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 91.97, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1173 -0.1942)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.227 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1737, 12.5738, 64.8114)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537D6 #88D637

analogous

#3738D6 #8537D6 #D437D6

triadic

#8537D6 #D68537 #37D685

tetradic

#8537D6 #D63738 #88D637 #37D6D4

square

#8537D6 #D63738 #88D637 #37D6D4

split-complementary

#8537D6 #D6D437 #38D637

monochromatic

#48197A #6723AC #8537D6 #A46AE0 #C39DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8537D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8537D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537D6

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537D6	1.00	5.97	3.51	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.227 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75e4',
    500: '#8537d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537d6;
$custom-light: #af75e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52885,
    "c": 0.22689,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537D6

secondary

#B5D792

accent

#E93F96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#110916

muted

#807B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537D6

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

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