#8B37BA#8B37BA

#8B37BA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.200 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37BA
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 56.66, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 78.13, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1304 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.2 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8749, 11.7670, 47.6164)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37BA #66BA37

analogous

#4937BA #8B37BA #BA37A8

triadic

#8B37BA #BA8B37 #37BA8B

tetradic

#8B37BA #BA4937 #66BA37 #37A8BA

square

#8B37BA #BA4937 #66BA37 #37A8BA

split-complementary

#8B37BA #A8BA37 #37BA49

monochromatic

#441B5C #68298B #8B37BA #A75FD0 #C18EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8B37BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B37BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37BA

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37BA	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2262B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.200 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175cf',
    500: '#8b37ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37ba;
$custom-light: #b175cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.473,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51507,
    "c": 0.20037,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37BA

secondary

#9DC885

accent

#DE4A7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37BA

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

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