#8837D1#8837D1

#8837D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.222 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8837D1
RGB	rgb(136, 55, 209)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 73.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 61.23, -65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 89.41, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% 0.1225 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.222 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0255, 12.5701, 61.5225)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8837D1 #80D137

analogous

#3B37D1 #8837D1 #D137CD

triadic

#8837D1 #D18837 #37D188

tetradic

#8837D1 #D13B37 #80D137 #37CDD1

square

#8837D1 #D13B37 #80D137 #37CDD1

split-complementary

#8837D1 #CDD137 #37D13B

monochromatic

#491A73 #6926A5 #8837D1 #A669DC #C39BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8837D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8837D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8837D1

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8837D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8837D1	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#795D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8837d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 55, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.222 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176e0',
    500: '#8837d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8837d1;
$custom-light: #b176e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8837d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.558,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52842,
    "c": 0.22242,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8837D1

secondary

#B0D490

accent

#E64290

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8837D1

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

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