#8937BF#8937BF

#8937BF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.205 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8937BF
RGBrgb(137, 55, 191)
HSLhsl(276, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(276, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(28.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(40.92, 57.35, -56.63)
CIE-LCHlch(40.92, 80.59, 315.36°)
OKLaboklab(51.61% 0.127 -0.1605)
OKLCHoklch(51.61% 0.205 308.4)
XYZxyz(21.0847, 11.8127, 50.4494)
Luminance0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8937BF #6DBF37
analogous
#4537BF #8937BF #BF37B1
triadic
#8937BF #BF8937 #37BF89
tetradic
#8937BF #BF4537 #6DBF37 #37B1BF
square
#8937BF #BF4537 #6DBF37 #37B1BF
split-complementary
#8937BF #B1BF37 #37BF45
monochromatic
#451C60 #67298F #8937BF #A562D2 #C091DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25
#8937BF on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36
#8937BF on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937BF
6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8937BF#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8937BF1.006.253.366.25
#FFFFFF6.251.0021.001.00
#0000003.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.251.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005DC3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1261BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#815677
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8937bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.205 308.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d3',
    500: '#8937bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8937bf;
$custom-light: #b075d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8937bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.176,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51611,
    "c": 0.20472,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8937BF
secondary
#A2CA88
accent
#DF4985
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFA
border
#D0C8D3
text
#110914
muted
#807B83

Preview Lab

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#8937BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva