#8A37BA#8A37BA

#8A37BA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.200 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37BA
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 56.45, -54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 78.14, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% 0.129 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.2 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7086, 11.6813, 47.6087)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37BA #67BA37

analogous

#4837BA #8A37BA #BA37A9

triadic

#8A37BA #BA8A37 #37BA8A

tetradic

#8A37BA #BA4837 #67BA37 #37A9BA

square

#8A37BA #BA4837 #67BA37 #37A9BA

split-complementary

#8A37BA #A9BA37 #37BA48

monochromatic

#441B5C #67298B #8A37BA #A65FD0 #C08EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8A37BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8A37BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37BA

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37BA	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2061B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.200 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cf',
    500: '#8a37ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37ba;
$custom-light: #b075cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.015,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51379,
    "c": 0.20006,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37BA

secondary

#9DC885

accent

#DE4A80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37BA

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

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