#8837A2#8837A2

#8837A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.176 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837A2
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 162)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 66%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 50.89, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 66.48, 319.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.1284 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.176 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0402, 10.5760, 35.2665)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837A2 #51A237

analogous

#5337A2 #8837A2 #A23786

triadic

#8837A2 #A28837 #37A288

tetradic

#8837A2 #A25337 #51A237 #3786A2

square

#8837A2 #A25337 #51A237 #3786A2

split-complementary

#8837A2 #86A237 #37A253

monochromatic

#3B1847 #622774 #8837A2 #A852C4 #BF80D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#8837A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8837A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837A2

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837A2	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C56A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.176 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74be',
    500: '#8837a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837a2;
$custom-light: #ae74be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.421,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49496,
    "c": 0.17565,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837A2

secondary

#89BD78

accent

#D94F70

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837A2

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

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