#8E37C8#8E37C8

#8E37C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.215 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E37C8
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 60.31, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 84.86, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1323 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.215 308)
XYZ	xyz(22.9447, 12.6536, 55.8660)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E37C8 #71C837

analogous

#4537C8 #8E37C8 #C837BA

triadic

#8E37C8 #C88E37 #37C88E

tetradic

#8E37C8 #C84537 #71C837 #37BAC8

square

#8E37C8 #C84537 #71C837 #37BAC8

split-complementary

#8E37C8 #BAC837 #37C845

monochromatic

#4A1D68 #6C2A98 #8E37C8 #A967D5 #C497E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8E37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8E37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E37C8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E37C8	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0265C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.215 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476da',
    500: '#8e37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e37c8;
$custom-light: #b476da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52894,
    "c": 0.21495,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.12653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E37C8

secondary

#A7CE8D

accent

#E04885

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E37C8

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

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