#8A37C0#8A37C0

#8A37C0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.206 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37C0
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 192)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 57.77, -56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 81.06, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1282 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.206 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3599, 11.9418, 51.0387)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37C0 #6DC037

analogous

#4537C0 #8A37C0 #C037B1

triadic

#8A37C0 #C08A37 #37C08A

tetradic

#8A37C0 #C04537 #6DC037 #37B1C0

square

#8A37C0 #C04537 #6DC037 #37B1C0

split-complementary

#8A37C0 #B1C037 #37C045

monochromatic

#461C61 #682990 #8A37C0 #A662D2 #C192E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8A37C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A37C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37C0

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37C0	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1262BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.206 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d4',
    500: '#8a37c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37c0;
$custom-light: #b175d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.35,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51809,
    "c": 0.206,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37C0

secondary

#A2CB88

accent

#DF4984

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37C0

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

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