#8F37C4#8F37C4

#8F37C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.211 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F37C4
RGB	rgb(143, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 59.63, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 82.91, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1343 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.211 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6557, 12.5580, 53.4443)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F37C4 #6CC437

analogous

#4937C4 #8F37C4 #C437B3

triadic

#8F37C4 #C48F37 #37C48F

tetradic

#8F37C4 #C44937 #6CC437 #37B3C4

square

#8F37C4 #C44937 #6CC437 #37B3C4

split-complementary

#8F37C4 #B3C437 #37C449

monochromatic

#491C64 #6C2A94 #8F37C4 #AA65D4 #C494E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8F37C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8F37C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F37C4

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F37C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F37C4	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1665C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f37c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.211 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476d7',
    500: '#8f37c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f37c4;
$custom-light: #b476d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f37c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.447,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52728,
    "c": 0.21134,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F37C4

secondary

#A3CC8B

accent

#DF4881

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F37C4

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

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