#8D37C8#8D37C8

#8D37C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.215 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37C8
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, 60.12, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 84.89, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.131 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.215 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7738, 12.5655, 55.8580)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37C8 #72C837

analogous

#4437C8 #8D37C8 #C837BB

triadic

#8D37C8 #C88D37 #37C88D

tetradic

#8D37C8 #C84437 #72C837 #37BBC8

square

#8D37C8 #C84437 #72C837 #37BBC8

split-complementary

#8D37C8 #BBC837 #37C844

monochromatic

#491D68 #6B2A98 #8D37C8 #A867D5 #C497E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8D37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8D37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37C8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37C8	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.215 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376da',
    500: '#8d37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37c8;
$custom-light: #b376da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.586,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52769,
    "c": 0.21469,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37C8

secondary

#A7CE8D

accent

#E04886

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37C8

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

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