#8E37BC#8E37BC

#8E37BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.203 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E37BC
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 57.71, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 79.07, 316.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.134 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.203 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5969, 12.1145, 48.7678)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E37BC #65BC37

analogous

#4B37BC #8E37BC #BC37A8

triadic

#8E37BC #BC8E37 #37BC8E

tetradic

#8E37BC #BC4B37 #65BC37 #37A8BC

square

#8E37BC #BC4B37 #65BC37 #37A8BC

split-complementary

#8E37BC #A8BC37 #37BC4B

monochromatic

#461B5D #6A298D #8E37BC #A960D0 #C38FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8E37BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8E37BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E37BC

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E37BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E37BC	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)

#005EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2463B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e37bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.203 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375d1',
    500: '#8e37bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e37bc;
$custom-light: #b375d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e37bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.248,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52032,
    "c": 0.20328,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E37BC

secondary

#9DC986

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E37BC

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

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