#8737BB#8737BB

#8737BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.200 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8737BB
RGB	rgb(135, 55, 187)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.36, 56.05, -55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.36, 78.67, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1249 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.2 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3257, 11.4715, 48.1475)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8737BB #6BBB37

analogous

#4537BB #8737BB #BB37AD

triadic

#8737BB #BB8737 #37BB87

tetradic

#8737BB #BB4537 #6BBB37 #37ADBB

square

#8737BB #BB4537 #6BBB37 #37ADBB

split-complementary

#8737BB #ADBB37 #37BB45

monochromatic

#431B5C #65298C #8737BB #A45FD0 #BF8EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8737BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8737BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8737BB

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8737BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8737BB	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1760B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8737bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 55, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.200 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae75d0',
    500: '#8737bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8737bb;
$custom-light: #ae75d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8737bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51071,
    "c": 0.20017,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8737BB

secondary

#A0C985

accent

#DE4A84

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8737BB

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

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