#8B37C2#8B37C2

#8B37C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.208 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37C2
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 194)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 58.41, -57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 82.02, 315.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.1293 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.208 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7492, 12.1167, 52.2215)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37C2 #6EC237

analogous

#4637C2 #8B37C2 #C237B4

triadic

#8B37C2 #C28B37 #37C28B

tetradic

#8B37C2 #C24637 #6EC237 #37B4C2

square

#8B37C2 #C24637 #6EC237 #37B4C2

split-complementary

#8B37C2 #B4C237 #37C246

monochromatic

#471C63 #692992 #8B37C2 #A763D3 #C293E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8B37C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8B37C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37C2

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37C2	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F63BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.208 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275d5',
    500: '#8b37c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37c2;
$custom-light: #b275d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.259,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5208,
    "c": 0.20825,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37C2

secondary

#A4CB89

accent

#DF4984

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37C2

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

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