#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
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 58.04, -58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 82.57, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1251 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.208 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3677, 11.9070, 52.7918)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##8837C3	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8837C3

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

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