#8B37C1#8B37C1

#8B37C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.207 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37C1
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 193)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 71.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 58.19, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 81.53, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.1294 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.207 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6373, 12.0720, 51.6320)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37C1 #6DC137

analogous

#4637C1 #8B37C1 #C137B2

triadic

#8B37C1 #C18B37 #37C18B

tetradic

#8B37C1 #C14637 #6DC137 #37B2C1

square

#8B37C1 #C14637 #6DC137 #37B2C1

split-complementary

#8B37C1 #B2C137 #37C146

monochromatic

#461C62 #692991 #8B37C1 #A763D2 #C292E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8B37C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B37C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37C1

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37C1	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1262BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.207 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275d5',
    500: '#8b37c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37c1;
$custom-light: #b275d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52007,
    "c": 0.20727,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37C1

secondary

#A3CB89

accent

#DF4984

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37C1

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

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