#8D37BB#8D37BB

#8D37BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.202 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37BB
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 57.28, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 78.60, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1329 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.202 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3186, 11.9835, 48.1941)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37BB #65BB37

analogous

#4B37BB #8D37BB #BB37A7

triadic

#8D37BB #BB8D37 #37BB8D

tetradic

#8D37BB #BB4B37 #65BB37 #37A7BB

square

#8D37BB #BB4B37 #65BB37 #37A7BB

split-complementary

#8D37BB #A7BB37 #37BB4B

monochromatic

#461B5C #69298C #8D37BB #A95FD0 #C28EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8D37BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8D37BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37BB

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37BB	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2463B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.202 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375d0',
    500: '#8d37bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37bb;
$custom-light: #b375d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51833,
    "c": 0.20199,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37BB

secondary

#9DC985

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37BB

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

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