#8A37A8#8A37A8

#8A37A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.182 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37A8
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 168)
HSL	hsl(284, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 52.61, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 69.41, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.1306 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.182 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9142, 10.9635, 38.1580)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37A8 #55A837

analogous

#5137A8 #8A37A8 #A8378D

triadic

#8A37A8 #A88A37 #37A88A

tetradic

#8A37A8 #A85137 #55A837 #378DA8

square

#8A37A8 #A85137 #55A837 #378DA8

split-complementary

#8A37A8 #8DA837 #37A851

monochromatic

#3E194C #64287A #8A37A8 #A955C7 #C083D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#8A37A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#8A37A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37A8

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37A8	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.182 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74c2',
    500: '#8a37a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37a8;
$custom-light: #af74c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.071,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50152,
    "c": 0.18234,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37A8

secondary

#8DC07B

accent

#DA4E73

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37A8

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

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