#8A37D1#8A37D1

#8A37D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.223 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37D1
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 209)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 73.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 61.58, -64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 89.34, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1253 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.223 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3534, 12.7392, 61.5378)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37D1 #7ED137

analogous

#3D37D1 #8A37D1 #D137CB

triadic

#8A37D1 #D18A37 #37D18A

tetradic

#8A37D1 #D13D37 #7ED137 #37CBD1

square

#8A37D1 #D13D37 #7ED137 #37CBD1

split-complementary

#8A37D1 #CBD137 #37D13D

monochromatic

#4A1A73 #6A26A5 #8A37D1 #A769DC #C49BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8A37D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A37D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37D1

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37D1	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C5D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.223 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276e0',
    500: '#8a37d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37d1;
$custom-light: #b276e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.338,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53081,
    "c": 0.22283,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37D1

secondary

#AFD490

accent

#E6428E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37D1

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

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