#8937BD#8937BD

#8937BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.203 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937BD
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 56.90, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 79.62, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.1273 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.203 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8662, 11.7252, 49.2982)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937BD #6BBD37

analogous

#4637BD #8937BD #BD37AE

triadic

#8937BD #BD8937 #37BD89

tetradic

#8937BD #BD4637 #6BBD37 #37AEBD

square

#8937BD #BD4637 #6BBD37 #37AEBD

split-complementary

#8937BD #AEBD37 #37BD46

monochromatic

#441B5E #67298E #8937BD #A560D1 #C090DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8937BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8937BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937BD

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937BD	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1761BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.203 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d2',
    500: '#8937bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937bd;
$custom-light: #b075d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.716,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51467,
    "c": 0.20274,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937BD

secondary

#A0C986

accent

#DE4A83

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937BD

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

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