#8B37DA#8B37DA

#8B37DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.232 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B37DA
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 218)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 63.81, -68.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 93.66, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.1247 -0.1955)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.232 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6655, 13.2832, 67.5805)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B37DA #86DA37

analogous

#3937DA #8B37DA #DA37D7

triadic

#8B37DA #DA8B37 #37DA8B

tetradic

#8B37DA #DA3937 #86DA37 #37D7DA

square

#8B37DA #DA3937 #86DA37 #37D7DA

split-complementary

#8B37DA #D7DA37 #37DA39

monochromatic

#4D187F #6C21B3 #8B37DA #A96BE4 #C79EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#8B37DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8B37DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B37DA

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B37DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B37DA	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b37da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.232 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376e7',
    500: '#8b37da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b37da;
$custom-light: #b376e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b37da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.92,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53901,
    "c": 0.23191,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B37DA

secondary

#B5D993

accent

#EC3C91

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B37DA

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

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