#8837C3#8837C3

#8837C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.208 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8837C3
RGBrgb(136, 55, 195)
HSLhsl(275, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(275, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(30.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(41.07, 58.04, -58.73)
CIE-LCHlch(41.07, 82.57, 314.66°)
OKLaboklab(51.78% 0.1251 -0.1667)
OKLCHoklch(51.78% 0.208 306.9)
XYZxyz(21.3677, 11.9070, 52.7918)
Luminance0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8837C3 #72C337
analogous
#4237C3 #8837C3 #C337B8
triadic
#8837C3 #C38837 #37C388
tetradic
#8837C3 #C34237 #72C337 #37B8C3
square
#8837C3 #C34237 #72C337 #37B8C3
split-complementary
#8837C3 #B8C337 #37C342
monochromatic
#451C64 #672A93 #8837C3 #A464D3 #C094E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21
#8837C3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38
#8837C3 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837C3
6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8837C3#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8837C31.006.213.386.21
#FFFFFF6.211.0021.001.00
#0000003.3821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.211.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005EC7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0061C0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7E587A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8837c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.208 306.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d6',
    500: '#8837c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8837c3;
$custom-light: #b075d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8837c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5178,
    "c": 0.20845,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8837C3
secondary
#A6CC8A
accent
#DF4988
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFA
border
#D0C8D3
text
#110914
muted
#807B83

Preview Lab

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#8837C3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva