#8E37D0#8E37D0

#8E37D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.223 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E37D0
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 208)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 73.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 62.08, -63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 88.72, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1309 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.223 306)
XYZ	xyz(23.9042, 13.0374, 60.9195)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E37D0 #79D037

analogous

#4237D0 #8E37D0 #D037C5

triadic

#8E37D0 #D08E37 #37D08E

tetradic

#8E37D0 #D04237 #79D037 #37C5D0

square

#8E37D0 #D04237 #79D037 #37C5D0

split-complementary

#8E37D0 #C5D037 #37D042

monochromatic

#4C1B72 #6D26A3 #8E37D0 #AA69DC #C69AE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8E37D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8E37D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E37D0

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E37D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E37D0	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e37d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.223 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576df',
    500: '#8e37d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e37d0;
$custom-light: #b576df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e37d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53489,
    "c": 0.22274,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.13037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E37D0

secondary

#ADD390

accent

#E54389

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E37D0

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

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