#8A37B5#8A37B5

#8A37B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.195 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37B5
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 55.36, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 75.71, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1296 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.195 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1864, 11.4724, 44.8581)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37B5 #62B537

analogous

#4B37B5 #8A37B5 #B537A1

triadic

#8A37B5 #B58A37 #37B58A

tetradic

#8A37B5 #B54B37 #62B537 #37A1B5

square

#8A37B5 #B54B37 #62B537 #37A1B5

split-complementary

#8A37B5 #A1B537 #37B54B

monochromatic

#421A57 #662986 #8A37B5 #A75CCD #C08BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8A37B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A37B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37B5

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37B5	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2861B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.195 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cc',
    500: '#8a37b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37b5;
$custom-light: #b075cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.524,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51028,
    "c": 0.19512,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37B5

secondary

#99C682

accent

#DD4B7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37B5

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

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