#8B37BD#8B37BD

#8B37BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.203 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37BD
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 57.31, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 79.59, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.13 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.203 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1971, 11.8959, 49.3137)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37BD #69BD37

analogous

#4837BD #8B37BD #BD37AC

triadic

#8B37BD #BD8B37 #37BD8B

tetradic

#8B37BD #BD4837 #69BD37 #37ACBD

square

#8B37BD #BD4837 #69BD37 #37ACBD

split-complementary

#8B37BD #ACBD37 #37BD48

monochromatic

#451B5E #68298E #8B37BD #A760D1 #C190DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8B37BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8B37BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37BD

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37BD	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C62BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.203 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d2',
    500: '#8b37bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37bd;
$custom-light: #b175d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.612,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51719,
    "c": 0.20332,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37BD

secondary

#9FC986

accent

#DE4A81

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37BD

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

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