#8F37BB#8F37BB

#8F37BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.203 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F37BB
RGB	rgb(143, 55, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 57.70, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 78.58, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.1354 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.203 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6619, 12.1604, 48.2102)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F37BB #63BB37

analogous

#4D37BB #8F37BB #BB37A5

triadic

#8F37BB #BB8F37 #37BB8F

tetradic

#8F37BB #BB4D37 #63BB37 #37A5BB

square

#8F37BB #BB4D37 #63BB37 #37A5BB

split-complementary

#8F37BB #A5BB37 #37BB4D

monochromatic

#471B5C #6B298C #8F37BB #AA5FD0 #C38EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#8F37BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8F37BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F37BB

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F37BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F37BB	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2764B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f37bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 55, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.203 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b475d0',
    500: '#8f37bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f37bb;
$custom-light: #b475d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f37bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52091,
    "c": 0.20263,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F37BB

secondary

#9CC985

accent

#DE4A7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F37BB

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

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