#8D37A3#8D37A3

#8D37A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.179 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37A3
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(288, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 52.29, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 67.11, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.1346 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.179 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9607, 11.0403, 35.7755)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37A3 #4DA337

analogous

#5737A3 #8D37A3 #A33783

triadic

#8D37A3 #A38D37 #37A38D

tetradic

#8D37A3 #A35737 #4DA337 #3783A3

square

#8D37A3 #A35737 #4DA337 #3783A3

split-complementary

#8D37A3 #83A337 #37A357

monochromatic

#3E1847 #652875 #8D37A3 #AD52C5 #C380D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#8D37A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8D37A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37A3

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37A3	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1158A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D60A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.179 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174bf',
    500: '#8d37a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37a3;
$custom-light: #b174bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.778,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50236,
    "c": 0.17879,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37A3

secondary

#86BE78

accent

#D94F6B

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37A3

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

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