#8D37B8#8D37B8

#8D37B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.199 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37B8
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 56.64, -52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 77.15, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1332 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.199 312)
XYZ	xyz(21.0008, 11.8563, 46.5203)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37B8 #62B837

analogous

#4D37B8 #8D37B8 #B837A3

triadic

#8D37B8 #B88D37 #37B88D

tetradic

#8D37B8 #B84D37 #62B837 #37A3B8

square

#8D37B8 #B84D37 #62B837 #37A3B8

split-complementary

#8D37B8 #A3B837 #37B84D

monochromatic

#451B5A #692989 #8D37B8 #A95DCF #C28DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8D37B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8D37B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37B8

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37B8	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2862B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.199 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275ce',
    500: '#8d37b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37b8;
$custom-light: #b275ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51624,
    "c": 0.19905,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.11856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37B8

secondary

#9AC784

accent

#DD4A7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37B8

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

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