#8937B4#8937B4

#8937B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.194 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937B4
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 54.93, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 75.22, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.1284 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.194 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9194, 11.3465, 44.3119)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937B4 #62B437

analogous

#4A37B4 #8937B4 #B437A0

triadic

#8937B4 #B48937 #37B489

tetradic

#8937B4 #B44A37 #62B437 #37A0B4

square

#8937B4 #B44A37 #62B437 #37A0B4

split-complementary

#8937B4 #A0B437 #37B44A

monochromatic

#421A56 #652985 #8937B4 #A65BCD #BF8ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8937B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8937B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937B4

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937B4	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2760B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.194 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74cb',
    500: '#8937b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937b4;
$custom-light: #af74cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.36,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5083,
    "c": 0.1938,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937B4

secondary

#99C681

accent

#DD4B7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937B4

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

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