#8937C9#8937C9

#8937C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.215 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937C9
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, 59.59, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 85.48, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.1254 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.215 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2230, 12.2680, 56.4442)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937C9 #77C937

analogous

#4037C9 #8937C9 #C937C0

triadic

#8937C9 #C98937 #37C989

tetradic

#8937C9 #C94037 #77C937 #37C0C9

square

#8937C9 #C94037 #77C937 #37C0C9

split-complementary

#8937C9 #C0C937 #37C940

monochromatic

#481C69 #682999 #8937C9 #A567D6 #C297E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8937C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8937C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937C9

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937C9	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.215 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175da',
    500: '#8937c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937c9;
$custom-light: #b175da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52351,
    "c": 0.21467,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937C9

secondary

#AACF8D

accent

#E1478A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937C9

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

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