#8E37CB#8E37CB

#8E37CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.218 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E37CB
RGBrgb(142, 55, 203)
HSLhsl(275, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(275, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 72.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(42.45, 60.97, -61.09)
CIE-LCHlch(42.45, 86.31, 314.94°)
OKLaboklab(53.12% 0.1318 -0.1735)
OKLCHoklch(53.12% 0.218 307.2)
XYZxyz(23.2987, 12.7953, 57.7307)
Luminance0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E37CB #74CB37
analogous
#4437CB #8E37CB #CB37BE
triadic
#8E37CB #CB8E37 #37CB8E
tetradic
#8E37CB #CB4437 #74CB37 #37BECB
square
#8E37CB #CB4437 #74CB37 #37BECB
split-complementary
#8E37CB #BECB37 #37CB44
monochromatic
#4B1C6C #6D299C #8E37CB #A968D8 #C598E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90
#8E37CB on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56
#8E37CB on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E37CB
5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E37CB#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E37CB1.005.903.565.90
#FFFFFF5.901.0021.001.00
#0000003.5621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.901.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0061CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0065C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#845A7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e37cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.218 307.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476dc',
    500: '#8e37cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e37cb;
$custom-light: #b476dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e37cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.27,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53115,
    "c": 0.21787,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E37CB
secondary
#A9D08E
accent
#E24686
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFB
border
#D0C8D4
text
#120915
muted
#817B83

Preview Lab

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#8E37CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva