#8A37C6#8A37C6

#8A37C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.212 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37C6
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 59.10, -59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 83.99, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% 0.1273 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.212 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0383, 12.2131, 54.6115)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37C6 #73C637

analogous

#4237C6 #8A37C6 #C637BB

triadic

#8A37C6 #C68A37 #37C68A

tetradic

#8A37C6 #C64237 #73C637 #37BBC6

square

#8A37C6 #C64237 #73C637 #37BBC6

split-complementary

#8A37C6 #BBC637 #37C642

monochromatic

#471C66 #692A96 #8A37C6 #A666D4 #C296E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8A37C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8A37C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37C6

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37C6	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80597B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.212 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d8',
    500: '#8a37c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37c6;
$custom-light: #b175d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.825,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52249,
    "c": 0.21194,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37C6

secondary

#A7CD8C

accent

#E04888

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37C6

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

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