#8A37C4#8A37C4

#8A37C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.210 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37C4
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 58.65, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 83.01, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1276 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.21 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8091, 12.1215, 53.4046)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37C4 #71C437

analogous

#4437C4 #8A37C4 #C437B8

triadic

#8A37C4 #C48A37 #37C48A

tetradic

#8A37C4 #C44437 #71C437 #37B8C4

square

#8A37C4 #C44437 #71C437 #37B8C4

split-complementary

#8A37C4 #B8C437 #37C444

monochromatic

#471C64 #682A94 #8A37C4 #A665D4 #C294E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8A37C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A37C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37C4

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37C4	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0162C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.210 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d7',
    500: '#8a37c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37c4;
$custom-light: #b175d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.319,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52102,
    "c": 0.20996,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37C4

secondary

#A6CC8B

accent

#DF4887

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37C4

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

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