#8D37C6#8D37C6

#8D37C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.213 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37C6
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 59.68, -59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 83.92, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.1313 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.213 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5416, 12.4727, 54.6351)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37C6 #70C637

analogous

#4637C6 #8D37C6 #C637B8

triadic

#8D37C6 #C68D37 #37C68D

tetradic

#8D37C6 #C64637 #70C637 #37B8C6

square

#8D37C6 #C64637 #70C637 #37B8C6

split-complementary

#8D37C6 #B8C637 #37C646

monochromatic

#491C66 #6B2A96 #8D37C6 #A866D4 #C396E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8D37C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8D37C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37C6

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37C6	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0764C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.213 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376d8',
    500: '#8d37c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37c6;
$custom-light: #b376d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.084,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52622,
    "c": 0.21273,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37C6

secondary

#A6CD8C

accent

#E04885

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37C6

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

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