#8D37B2#8D37B2

#8D37B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.193 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37B2
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 178)
HSL	hsl(282, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 69.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 55.37, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 74.26, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.1338 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.193 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3852, 11.6101, 43.2780)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37B2 #5CB237

analogous

#4F37B2 #8D37B2 #B23799

triadic

#8D37B2 #B28D37 #37B28D

tetradic

#8D37B2 #B24F37 #5CB237 #3799B2

square

#8D37B2 #B24F37 #5CB237 #3799B2

split-complementary

#8D37B2 #99B237 #37B24F

monochromatic

#431A54 #682983 #8D37B2 #AA5ACC #C289DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8D37B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8D37B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37B2

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37B2	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3062AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.193 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275ca',
    500: '#8d37b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37b2;
$custom-light: #b275ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.951,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51214,
    "c": 0.19322,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37B2

secondary

#95C580

accent

#DC4C77

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37B2

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

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