#8837C2#8837C2

#8837C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.207 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837C2
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 194)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 57.82, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 82.08, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.1253 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.207 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2551, 11.8619, 52.1983)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837C2 #71C237

analogous

#4337C2 #8837C2 #C237B7

triadic

#8837C2 #C28837 #37C288

tetradic

#8837C2 #C24337 #71C237 #37B7C2

square

#8837C2 #C24337 #71C237 #37B7C2

split-complementary

#8837C2 #B7C237 #37C243

monochromatic

#451C63 #672992 #8837C2 #A463D3 #C093E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8837C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8837C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837C2

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837C2	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0161BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.207 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d5',
    500: '#8837c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837c2;
$custom-light: #b075d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.964,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51706,
    "c": 0.20745,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837C2

secondary

#A5CB89

accent

#DF4987

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837C2

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

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