#8837BC#8837BC

#8837BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.201 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837BC
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.57, 56.48, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.57, 79.14, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.1261 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.201 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5948, 11.5978, 48.7209)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837BC #6BBC37

analogous

#4537BC #8837BC #BC37AE

triadic

#8837BC #BC8837 #37BC88

tetradic

#8837BC #BC4537 #6BBC37 #37AEBC

square

#8837BC #BC4537 #6BBC37 #37AEBC

split-complementary

#8837BC #AEBC37 #37BC45

monochromatic

#431B5D #66298D #8837BC #A460D0 #BF8FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8837BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8837BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837BC

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837BC	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1761B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.201 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75d1',
    500: '#8837bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837bc;
$custom-light: #af75d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.541,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51269,
    "c": 0.20145,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837BC

secondary

#A0C986

accent

#DE4A84

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837BC

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

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