#8937D1#8937D1

#8937D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.223 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8937D1
RGB	rgb(137, 55, 209)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 61.40, -64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 89.37, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1239 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.223 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1887, 12.6542, 61.5301)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8937D1 #7FD137

analogous

#3C37D1 #8937D1 #D137CC

triadic

#8937D1 #D18937 #37D189

tetradic

#8937D1 #D13C37 #7FD137 #37CCD1

square

#8937D1 #D13C37 #7FD137 #37CCD1

split-complementary

#8937D1 #CCD137 #37D13C

monochromatic

#4A1A73 #6A26A5 #8937D1 #A669DC #C49BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8937D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8937D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8937D1

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8937D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8937D1	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8937d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 55, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.223 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176e0',
    500: '#8937d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8937d1;
$custom-light: #b176e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8937d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.948,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52962,
    "c": 0.22262,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8937D1

secondary

#B0D490

accent

#E6428F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8937D1

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

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