#8A37BE#8A37BE

#8A37BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.204 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37BE
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 57.33, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 80.09, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.1285 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.204 309)
XYZ	xyz(21.1398, 11.8537, 49.8796)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37BE #6BBE37

analogous

#4637BE #8A37BE #BE37AE

triadic

#8A37BE #BE8A37 #37BE8A

tetradic

#8A37BE #BE4637 #6BBE37 #37AEBE

square

#8A37BE #BE4637 #6BBE37 #37AEBE

split-complementary

#8A37BE #AEBE37 #37BE46

monochromatic

#451C5F #68298F #8A37BE #A661D1 #C190DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37BE

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37BE	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1862BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.204 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d2',
    500: '#8a37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37be;
$custom-light: #b175d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51665,
    "c": 0.20402,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.11853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37BE

secondary

#A1CA87

accent

#DE4983

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37BE

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

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