#8837B7#8837B7

#8837B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.196 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837B7
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 183)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 69.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.22, 55.38, -53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.22, 76.69, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.1268 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.196 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0651, 11.3859, 45.9313)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837B7 #66B737

analogous

#4837B7 #8837B7 #B737A6

triadic

#8837B7 #B78837 #37B788

tetradic

#8837B7 #B74837 #66B737 #37A6B7

square

#8837B7 #B74837 #66B737 #37A6B7

split-complementary

#8837B7 #A6B737 #37B748

monochromatic

#421B59 #652988 #8837B7 #A55DCE #BF8CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8837B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8837B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837B7

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837B7	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2160B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.196 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74cd',
    500: '#8837b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837b7;
$custom-light: #af74cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.969,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50912,
    "c": 0.19646,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837B7

secondary

#9CC783

accent

#DD4B80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837B7

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

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