#8937C1#8937C1

#8937C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.207 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937C1
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 193)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 71.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 57.79, -57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 81.57, 315.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.1267 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.207 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3063, 11.9013, 51.6165)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937C1 #6FC137

analogous

#4437C1 #8937C1 #C137B4

triadic

#8937C1 #C18937 #37C189

tetradic

#8937C1 #C14437 #6FC137 #37B4C1

square

#8937C1 #C14437 #6FC137 #37B4C1

split-complementary

#8937C1 #B4C137 #37C144

monochromatic

#451C62 #672991 #8937C1 #A563D2 #C192E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8937C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8937C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937C1

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937C1	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B62BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.207 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d5',
    500: '#8937c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937c1;
$custom-light: #b075d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.652,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51757,
    "c": 0.20671,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937C1

secondary

#A4CB89

accent

#DF4986

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937C1

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

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