#8A37C3#8A37C3

#8A37C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.209 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37C3
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 58.43, -58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 82.53, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.1278 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.209 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6957, 12.0761, 52.8072)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37C3 #70C337

analogous

#4437C3 #8A37C3 #C337B6

triadic

#8A37C3 #C38A37 #37C38A

tetradic

#8A37C3 #C34437 #70C337 #37B6C3

square

#8A37C3 #C34437 #70C337 #37B6C3

split-complementary

#8A37C3 #B6C337 #37C344

monochromatic

#461C64 #682A93 #8A37C3 #A664D3 #C194E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8A37C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A37C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37C3

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37C3	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0662C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.209 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d6',
    500: '#8a37c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37c3;
$custom-light: #b175d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52028,
    "c": 0.20897,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37C3

secondary

#A5CC8A

accent

#DF4986

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37C3

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

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