#8F37C1#8F37C1

#8F37C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.208 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F37C1
RGB	rgb(143, 55, 193)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 71.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 58.98, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 81.47, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% 0.1347 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.208 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3176, 12.4228, 51.6639)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F37C1 #69C137

analogous

#4A37C1 #8F37C1 #C137AE

triadic

#8F37C1 #C18F37 #37C18F

tetradic

#8F37C1 #C14A37 #69C137 #37AEC1

square

#8F37C1 #C14A37 #69C137 #37AEC1

split-complementary

#8F37C1 #AEC137 #37C14A

monochromatic

#481C62 #6C2991 #8F37C1 #AA63D2 #C492E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#8F37C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8F37C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F37C1

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F37C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F37C1	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D64BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f37c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 55, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.208 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476d4',
    500: '#8f37c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f37c1;
$custom-light: #b476d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f37c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52514,
    "c": 0.20843,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F37C1

secondary

#A1CB89

accent

#DF497F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F37C1

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

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