#8B37C8#8B37C8

#8B37C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.214 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37C8
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, 59.74, -60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 84.94, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1283 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.214 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4367, 12.3917, 55.8422)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37C8 #74C837

analogous

#4337C8 #8B37C8 #C837BC

triadic

#8B37C8 #C88B37 #37C88B

tetradic

#8B37C8 #C84337 #74C837 #37BCC8

square

#8B37C8 #C84337 #74C837 #37BCC8

split-complementary

#8B37C8 #BCC837 #37C843

monochromatic

#481D68 #6A2A98 #8B37C8 #A767D5 #C397E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#8B37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8B37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37C8

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37C8	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.214 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275da',
    500: '#8b37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37c8;
$custom-light: #b275da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52521,
    "c": 0.21417,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37C8

secondary

#A8CE8D

accent

#E04888

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37C8

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

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