#8A37C9#8A37C9

#8A37C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.215 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37C9
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, 59.77, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 85.45, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.1268 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.215 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3877, 12.3529, 56.4520)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37C9 #76C937

analogous

#4137C9 #8A37C9 #C937BF

triadic

#8A37C9 #C98A37 #37C98A

tetradic

#8A37C9 #C94137 #76C937 #37BFC9

square

#8A37C9 #C94137 #76C937 #37BFC9

split-complementary

#8A37C9 #BFC937 #37C941

monochromatic

#481C69 #692999 #8A37C9 #A667D6 #C297E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#8A37C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8A37C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37C9

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37C9	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.215 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175da',
    500: '#8a37c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37c9;
$custom-light: #b175da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.11,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52473,
    "c": 0.21492,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37C9

secondary

#A9CF8D

accent

#E14789

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37C9

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

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