#8D37A4#8D37A4

#8D37A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.180 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37A4
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 164)
HSL	hsl(287, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 66.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 52.49, -42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 67.58, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.1346 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.18 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0506, 11.0763, 36.2492)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37A4 #4EA437

analogous

#5637A4 #8D37A4 #A43785

triadic

#8D37A4 #A48D37 #37A48D

tetradic

#8D37A4 #A45637 #4EA437 #3785A4

square

#8D37A4 #A45637 #4EA437 #3785A4

split-complementary

#8D37A4 #85A437 #37A456

monochromatic

#3E1848 #662876 #8D37A4 #AD53C5 #C381D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8D37A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8D37A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37A4

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37A4	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F58A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D60A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.180 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174bf',
    500: '#8d37a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37a4;
$custom-light: #b174bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.339,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50299,
    "c": 0.17974,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37A4

secondary

#87BE79

accent

#D94F6C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37A4

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

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