#8B37C4#8B37C4

#8B37C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.210 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37C4
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 58.85, -58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 82.99, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.129 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.21 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9754, 12.2072, 53.4124)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37C4 #70C437

analogous

#4537C4 #8B37C4 #C437B7

triadic

#8B37C4 #C48B37 #37C48B

tetradic

#8B37C4 #C44537 #70C437 #37B7C4

square

#8B37C4 #C44537 #70C437 #37B7C4

split-complementary

#8B37C4 #B7C437 #37C445

monochromatic

#471C64 #692A94 #8B37C4 #A765D4 #C294E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8B37C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8B37C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37C4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37C4	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0663C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.210 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275d7',
    500: '#8b37c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37c4;
$custom-light: #b275d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52226,
    "c": 0.21022,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37C4

secondary

#A5CC8B

accent

#DF4885

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37C4

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

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