#8837BF#8837BF

#8837BF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.204 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837BF
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 191)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 57.15, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 80.61, 315.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1257 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.204 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9215, 11.7285, 50.4418)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837BF #6EBF37

analogous

#4437BF #8837BF #BF37B2

triadic

#8837BF #BF8837 #37BF88

tetradic

#8837BF #BF4437 #6EBF37 #37B2BF

square

#8837BF #BF4437 #6EBF37 #37B2BF

split-complementary

#8837BF #B2BF37 #37BF44

monochromatic

#441C60 #66298F #8837BF #A462D2 #C091DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8837BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8837BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837BF

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837BF	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E61BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.204 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75d3',
    500: '#8837bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837bf;
$custom-light: #af75d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.735,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51486,
    "c": 0.20445,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837BF

secondary

#A3CA88

accent

#DF4986

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837BF

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

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