#8F37C6#8F37C6

#8F37C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.213 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F37C6
RGB	rgb(143, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 60.06, -58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 83.88, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1339 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.213 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8849, 12.6496, 54.6512)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F37C6 #6EC637

analogous

#4737C6 #8F37C6 #C637B6

triadic

#8F37C6 #C68F37 #37C68F

tetradic

#8F37C6 #C64737 #6EC637 #37B6C6

square

#8F37C6 #C64737 #6EC637 #37B6C6

split-complementary

#8F37C6 #B6C637 #37C647

monochromatic

#4A1C66 #6C2A96 #8F37C6 #AA66D4 #C496E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8F37C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8F37C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F37C6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F37C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F37C6	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1065C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f37c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.213 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576d8',
    500: '#8f37c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f37c6;
$custom-light: #b576d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f37c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52873,
    "c": 0.21327,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F37C6

secondary

#A5CD8C

accent

#E04882

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F37C6

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

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