#8D37E0#8D37E0

#8D37E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.238 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D37E0
RGB	rgb(141, 55, 224)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 65.51, -70.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 96.45, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.1261 -0.202)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.238 302)
XYZ	xyz(25.8020, 13.7768, 71.8064)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D37E0 #8AE037

analogous

#3937E0 #8D37E0 #E037DE

triadic

#8D37E0 #E08D37 #37E08D

tetradic

#8D37E0 #E03937 #8AE037 #37DEE0

square

#8D37E0 #E03937 #8AE037 #37DEE0

split-complementary

#8D37E0 #DEE037 #37E039

monochromatic

#4F1588 #6E1DBD #8D37E0 #AB6CE8 #C9A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8D37E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8D37E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D37E0

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D37E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D37E0	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d37e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 55, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.238 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b577eb',
    500: '#8d37e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d37e0;
$custom-light: #b577eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d37e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.533,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54611,
    "c": 0.23814,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.13777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D37E0

secondary

#B9DD96

accent

#F03892

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D37E0

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

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