#8D37B9#8D37B9

#8D37B9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.200 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37B9
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 56.86, -52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 77.63, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1331 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.2 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1060, 11.8984, 47.0743)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37B9 #63B937

analogous

#4C37B9 #8D37B9 #B937A4

triadic

#8D37B9 #B98D37 #37B98D

tetradic

#8D37B9 #B94C37 #63B937 #37A4B9

square

#8D37B9 #B94C37 #63B937 #37A4B9

split-complementary

#8D37B9 #A4B937 #37B94C

monochromatic

#451B5B #69298A #8D37B9 #A95ECF #C28DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8D37B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8D37B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37B9

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37B9	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2762B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.200 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275cf',
    500: '#8d37b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37b9;
$custom-light: #b275cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51694,
    "c": 0.20003,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37B9

secondary

#9BC884

accent

#DE4A7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37B9

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

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