#8D37BE#8D37BE

#8D37BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.205 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37BE
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 57.93, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 80.05, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.1325 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.205 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6432, 12.1133, 49.9032)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37BE #68BE37

analogous

#4937BE #8D37BE #BE37AB

triadic

#8D37BE #BE8D37 #37BE8D

tetradic

#8D37BE #BE4937 #68BE37 #37ABBE

square

#8D37BE #BE4937 #68BE37 #37ABBE

split-complementary

#8D37BE #ABBE37 #37BE49

monochromatic

#471C5F #6A298F #8D37BE #A861D1 #C290DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8D37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8D37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37BE

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37BE	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E63BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.205 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375d2',
    500: '#8d37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37be;
$custom-light: #b375d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52045,
    "c": 0.20491,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37BE

secondary

#9FCA87

accent

#DE497F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37BE

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

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