#8837C8#8837C8

#8837C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.213 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837C8
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, 59.17, -61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 85.02, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.15% 0.1242 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(52.15% 0.213 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9425, 12.1369, 55.8191)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837C8 #77C837

analogous

#3F37C8 #8837C8 #C837C0

triadic

#8837C8 #C88837 #37C888

tetradic

#8837C8 #C83F37 #77C837 #37C0C8

square

#8837C8 #C83F37 #77C837 #37C0C8

split-complementary

#8837C8 #C0C837 #37C83F

monochromatic

#471D68 #672A98 #8837C8 #A567D5 #C197E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8837C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8837C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837C8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837C8	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C5A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.213 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075da',
    500: '#8837c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837c8;
$custom-light: #b075da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.517,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52154,
    "c": 0.21344,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837C8

secondary

#AACE8D

accent

#E0488B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837C8

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

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