#8937BA#8937BA

#8937BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.200 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937BA
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.57, 56.24, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.57, 78.15, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1277 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.2 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5439, 11.5963, 47.6009)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937BA #68BA37

analogous

#4737BA #8937BA #BA37AA

triadic

#8937BA #BA8937 #37BA89

tetradic

#8937BA #BA4737 #68BA37 #37AABA

square

#8937BA #BA4737 #68BA37 #37AABA

split-complementary

#8937BA #AABA37 #37BA47

monochromatic

#431B5C #66298B #8937BA #A55FD0 #C08EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8937BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8937BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937BA

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937BA	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E61B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.200 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cf',
    500: '#8937ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937ba;
$custom-light: #b075cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.557,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51252,
    "c": 0.19976,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937BA

secondary

#9EC885

accent

#DE4A81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937BA

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

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