#8837C7#8837C7

#8837C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.212 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837C7
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 58.95, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 84.53, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.1244 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.212 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8261, 12.0903, 55.2056)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837C7 #76C737

analogous

#4037C7 #8837C7 #C737BE

triadic

#8837C7 #C78837 #37C788

tetradic

#8837C7 #C74037 #76C737 #37BEC7

square

#8837C7 #C74037 #76C737 #37BEC7

split-complementary

#8837C7 #BEC737 #37C740

monochromatic

#461C67 #672A97 #8837C7 #A566D5 #C196E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8837C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8837C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837C7

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837C7	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.212 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d9',
    500: '#8837c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837c7;
$custom-light: #b075d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52078,
    "c": 0.21244,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837C7

secondary

#A9CD8C

accent

#E0488A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837C7

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

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