#8937B8#8937B8

#8937B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.198 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937B8
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 55.80, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 77.17, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.128 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.198 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3328, 11.5119, 46.4890)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937B8 #66B837

analogous

#4937B8 #8937B8 #B837A6

triadic

#8937B8 #B88937 #37B889

tetradic

#8937B8 #B84937 #66B837 #37A6B8

square

#8937B8 #B84937 #66B837 #37A6B8

split-complementary

#8937B8 #A6B837 #37B849

monochromatic

#431B5A #662989 #8937B8 #A55DCF #C08DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8937B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8937B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937B8

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937B8	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2161B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.198 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075ce',
    500: '#8937b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937b8;
$custom-light: #b075ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.14,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5111,
    "c": 0.19777,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937B8

secondary

#9CC784

accent

#DD4A80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937B8

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

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