#8D37BA#8D37BA

#8D37BA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.201 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37BA
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 186)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 57.07, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 78.12, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.133 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.201 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2120, 11.9408, 47.6322)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37BA #64BA37

analogous

#4B37BA #8D37BA #BA37A6

triadic

#8D37BA #BA8D37 #37BA8D

tetradic

#8D37BA #BA4B37 #64BA37 #37A6BA

square

#8D37BA #BA4B37 #64BA37 #37A6BA

split-complementary

#8D37BA #A6BA37 #37BA4B

monochromatic

#451B5C #69298B #8D37BA #A95FD0 #C28EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8D37BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8D37BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37BA

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37BA	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2563B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.201 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275cf',
    500: '#8d37ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37ba;
$custom-light: #b275cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.389,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51763,
    "c": 0.20101,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37BA

secondary

#9CC885

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37BA

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

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