#8B37CB#8B37CB

#8B37CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.217 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37CB
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 72.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 60.41, -61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 86.39, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1278 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.217 306)
XYZ	xyz(22.7908, 12.5333, 57.7069)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37CB #77CB37

analogous

#4137CB #8B37CB #CB37C1

triadic

#8B37CB #CB8B37 #37CB8B

tetradic

#8B37CB #CB4137 #77CB37 #37C1CB

square

#8B37CB #CB4137 #77CB37 #37C1CB

split-complementary

#8B37CB #C1CB37 #37CB41

monochromatic

#491C6C #6A299C #8B37CB #A768D8 #C398E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8B37CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8B37CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37CB

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37CB	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.217 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276dc',
    500: '#8b37cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37cb;
$custom-light: #b276dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52746,
    "c": 0.21713,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.12533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37CB

secondary

#AAD08E

accent

#E24689

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37CB

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

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