#8A37BF#8A37BF

#8A37BF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.205 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37BF
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 191)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 57.55, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 80.58, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.1284 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.205 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2495, 11.8976, 50.4572)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37BF #6CBF37

analogous

#4637BF #8A37BF #BF37B0

triadic

#8A37BF #BF8A37 #37BF8A

tetradic

#8A37BF #BF4637 #6CBF37 #37B0BF

square

#8A37BF #BF4637 #6CBF37 #37B0BF

split-complementary

#8A37BF #B0BF37 #37BF46

monochromatic

#451C60 #68298F #8A37BF #A662D2 #C191DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8A37BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A37BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37BF

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37BF	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1562BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.205 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d3',
    500: '#8a37bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37bf;
$custom-light: #b175d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.618,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51737,
    "c": 0.20501,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37BF

secondary

#A2CA88

accent

#DF4983

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37BF

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

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