#8A37B1#8A37B1

#8A37B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.191 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37B1
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 177)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 68.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 54.51, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 73.76, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.13 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.191 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7818, 11.3105, 42.7275)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37B1 #5EB137

analogous

#4D37B1 #8A37B1 #B1379B

triadic

#8A37B1 #B18A37 #37B18A

tetradic

#8A37B1 #B14D37 #5EB137 #379BB1

square

#8A37B1 #B14D37 #5EB137 #379BB1

split-complementary

#8A37B1 #9BB137 #37B14D

monochromatic

#411A54 #662882 #8A37B1 #A75ACC #C088DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8A37B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A37B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37B1

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37B1	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D60AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.191 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074c9',
    500: '#8a37b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37b1;
$custom-light: #b074c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.82,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50753,
    "c": 0.19118,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37B1

secondary

#96C480

accent

#DC4C7A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37B1

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

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