#8E37BB#8E37BB

#8E37BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.202 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E37BB
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 70.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 57.49, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 78.59, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1342 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.202 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4895, 12.0716, 48.2021)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E37BB #64BB37

analogous

#4C37BB #8E37BB #BB37A6

triadic

#8E37BB #BB8E37 #37BB8E

tetradic

#8E37BB #BB4C37 #64BB37 #37A6BB

square

#8E37BB #BB4C37 #64BB37 #37A6BB

split-complementary

#8E37BB #A6BB37 #37BB4C

monochromatic

#461B5C #6A298C #8E37BB #AA5FD0 #C38EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8E37BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8E37BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E37BB

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E37BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E37BB	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2663B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e37bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.202 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375d0',
    500: '#8e37bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e37bb;
$custom-light: #b375d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e37bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51962,
    "c": 0.2023,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E37BB

secondary

#9CC985

accent

#DE4A7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E37BB

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

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