#8937C5#8937C5

#8937C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.211 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937C5
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 58.69, -59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 83.53, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.1261 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.211 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7586, 12.0822, 53.9983)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937C5 #73C537

analogous

#4237C5 #8937C5 #C537BA

triadic

#8937C5 #C58937 #37C589

tetradic

#8937C5 #C54237 #73C537 #37BAC5

square

#8937C5 #C54237 #73C537 #37BAC5

split-complementary

#8937C5 #BAC537 #37C542

monochromatic

#461C65 #682A95 #8937C5 #A565D4 #C195E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8937C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8937C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937C5

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937C5	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.211 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d7',
    500: '#8937c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937c5;
$custom-light: #b075d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.648,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52052,
    "c": 0.21069,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937C5

secondary

#A7CD8B

accent

#E04888

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937C5

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

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