#8837C6#8837C6

#8837C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.211 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837C6
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 58.72, -60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 84.04, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.1246 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.211 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7103, 12.0440, 54.5961)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837C6 #75C637

analogous

#4037C6 #8837C6 #C637BD

triadic

#8837C6 #C68837 #37C688

tetradic

#8837C6 #C64037 #75C637 #37BDC6

square

#8837C6 #C64037 #75C637 #37BDC6

split-complementary

#8837C6 #BDC637 #37C640

monochromatic

#461C66 #672A96 #8837C6 #A466D4 #C196E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8837C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8837C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837C6

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837C6	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D597B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.211 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d8',
    500: '#8837c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837c6;
$custom-light: #b075d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.986,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52004,
    "c": 0.21144,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837C6

secondary

#A8CD8C

accent

#E0488A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837C6

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

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