#8B37BF#8B37BF

#8B37BF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.205 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37BF
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 191)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 57.75, -56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 80.56, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1297 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.205 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4157, 11.9833, 50.4650)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37BF #6BBF37

analogous

#4737BF #8B37BF #BF37AF

triadic

#8B37BF #BF8B37 #37BF8B

tetradic

#8B37BF #BF4737 #6BBF37 #37AFBF

square

#8B37BF #BF4737 #6BBF37 #37AFBF

split-complementary

#8B37BF #AFBF37 #37BF47

monochromatic

#461C60 #68298F #8B37BF #A762D2 #C191DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8B37BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8B37BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37BF

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37BF	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1862BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.205 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d3',
    500: '#8b37bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37bf;
$custom-light: #b175d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51863,
    "c": 0.2053,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37BF

secondary

#A1CA88

accent

#DF4982

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37BF

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

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