#8E37C5#8E37C5

#8E37C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.212 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E37C5
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 59.65, -58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 83.41, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% 0.1328 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.212 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5975, 12.5148, 54.0377)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E37C5 #6EC537

analogous

#4737C5 #8E37C5 #C537B5

triadic

#8E37C5 #C58E37 #37C58E

tetradic

#8E37C5 #C54737 #6EC537 #37B5C5

square

#8E37C5 #C54737 #6EC537 #37B5C5

split-complementary

#8E37C5 #B5C537 #37C547

monochromatic

#491C65 #6C2A95 #8E37C5 #A965D4 #C495E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8E37C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8E37C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E37C5

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E37C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E37C5	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F64C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e37c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.212 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476d7',
    500: '#8e37c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e37c5;
$custom-light: #b476d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e37c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.761,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52675,
    "c": 0.21203,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E37C5

secondary

#A5CD8B

accent

#E04883

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E37C5

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