#8A37B4#8A37B4

#8A37B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.194 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37B4
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.30, 55.15, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.30, 75.22, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.1297 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.194 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0841, 11.4315, 44.3197)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37B4 #61B437

analogous

#4B37B4 #8A37B4 #B4379F

triadic

#8A37B4 #B48A37 #37B48A

tetradic

#8A37B4 #B44B37 #61B437 #379FB4

square

#8A37B4 #B44B37 #61B437 #379FB4

split-complementary

#8A37B4 #9FB437 #37B44B

monochromatic

#421A56 #662985 #8A37B4 #A75BCD #C08ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8A37B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A37B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37B4

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37B4	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2961B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.194 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cb',
    500: '#8a37b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37b4;
$custom-light: #b075cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.84,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50959,
    "c": 0.19413,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37B4

secondary

#98C681

accent

#DD4B7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37B4

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

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