#8D37B7#8D37B7

#8D37B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.198 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37B7
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 183)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 69.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 56.43, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 76.67, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1333 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.198 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8964, 11.8146, 45.9702)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37B7 #61B737

analogous

#4D37B7 #8D37B7 #B737A1

triadic

#8D37B7 #B78D37 #37B78D

tetradic

#8D37B7 #B74D37 #61B737 #37A1B7

square

#8D37B7 #B74D37 #61B737 #37A1B7

split-complementary

#8D37B7 #A1B737 #37B74D

monochromatic

#441B59 #692988 #8D37B7 #A95DCE #C28CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8D37B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8D37B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37B7

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37B7	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A62B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.198 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275cd',
    500: '#8d37b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37b7;
$custom-light: #b275cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.313,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51555,
    "c": 0.19808,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37B7

secondary

#99C783

accent

#DD4B7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37B7

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

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