#8B37B0#8B37B0

#8B37B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.191 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37B0
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 176)
HSL	hsl(282, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 68.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 54.51, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 73.28, 318.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.1314 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.191 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8488, 11.3565, 42.2123)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37B0 #5CB037

analogous

#4E37B0 #8B37B0 #B03798

triadic

#8B37B0 #B08B37 #37B08B

tetradic

#8B37B0 #B04E37 #5CB037 #3798B0

square

#8B37B0 #B04E37 #5CB037 #3798B0

split-complementary

#8B37B0 #98B037 #37B04E

monochromatic

#411A53 #662881 #8B37B0 #A859CB #C188DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8B37B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8B37B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37B0

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37B0	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F61AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87506F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.191 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175c8',
    500: '#8b37b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37b0;
$custom-light: #b175c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.653,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50816,
    "c": 0.19055,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37B0

secondary

#94C47F

accent

#DC4C78

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37B0

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

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