#8A37B8#8A37B8

#8A37B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.198 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37B8
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.57, 56.01, -53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.57, 77.17, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.1293 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.198 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4975, 11.5968, 46.4967)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37B8 #65B837

analogous

#4A37B8 #8A37B8 #B837A6

triadic

#8A37B8 #B88A37 #37B88A

tetradic

#8A37B8 #B84A37 #65B837 #37A6B8

square

#8A37B8 #B84A37 #65B837 #37A6B8

split-complementary

#8A37B8 #A6B837 #37B84A

monochromatic

#431B5A #672989 #8A37B8 #A65DCF #C08DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8A37B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A37B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37B8

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37B8	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2361B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.198 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075ce',
    500: '#8a37b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37b8;
$custom-light: #b075ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.605,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51238,
    "c": 0.19808,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37B8

secondary

#9CC784

accent

#DD4A7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37B8

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

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