#8A37BC#8A37BC

#8A37BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.202 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37BC
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 56.89, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 79.12, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% 0.1288 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.202 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9227, 11.7669, 48.7362)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37BC #69BC37

analogous

#4837BC #8A37BC #BC37AB

triadic

#8A37BC #BC8A37 #37BC8A

tetradic

#8A37BC #BC4837 #69BC37 #37ABBC

square

#8A37BC #BC4837 #69BC37 #37ABBC

split-complementary

#8A37BC #ABBC37 #37BC48

monochromatic

#441B5D #67298D #8A37BC #A660D0 #C18FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8A37BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A37BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37BC

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37BC	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C61B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.202 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d1',
    500: '#8a37bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37bc;
$custom-light: #b175d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.444,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51521,
    "c": 0.20203,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37BC

secondary

#9FC986

accent

#DE4A81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37BC

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

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