#8B37D4#8B37D4

#8B37D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.226 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37D4
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 212)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 62.44, -65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 90.76, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.126 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.226 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8946, 12.9749, 63.5202)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37D4 #80D437

analogous

#3D37D4 #8B37D4 #D437CE

triadic

#8B37D4 #D48B37 #37D48B

tetradic

#8B37D4 #D43D37 #80D437 #37CED4

square

#8B37D4 #D43D37 #80D437 #37CED4

split-complementary

#8B37D4 #CED437 #37D43D

monochromatic

#4C1A77 #6C24A9 #8B37D4 #A869DF #C59CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8B37D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8B37D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37D4

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37D4	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.226 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376e2',
    500: '#8b37d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37d4;
$custom-light: #b376e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.102,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53432,
    "c": 0.226,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37D4

secondary

#B1D691

accent

#E8408E

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120915

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37D4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →