#8A37C2#8A37C2

#8A37C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.208 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37C2
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 194)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 58.21, -57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 82.04, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1279 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.208 308)
XYZ	xyz(21.5830, 12.0310, 52.2137)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37C2 #6FC237

analogous

#4537C2 #8A37C2 #C237B5

triadic

#8A37C2 #C28A37 #37C28A

tetradic

#8A37C2 #C24537 #6FC237 #37B5C2

square

#8A37C2 #C24537 #6FC237 #37B5C2

split-complementary

#8A37C2 #B5C237 #37C245

monochromatic

#461C63 #682992 #8A37C2 #A663D3 #C193E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A37C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A37C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37C2

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37C2	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B62BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.208 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d5',
    500: '#8a37c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37c2;
$custom-light: #b175d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.827,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51955,
    "c": 0.20798,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.12031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37C2

secondary

#A4CB89

accent

#DF4985

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37C2

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

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