#8F37C8#8F37C8

#8F37C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.215 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F37C8
RGB	rgb(143, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 60.50, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 84.84, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1336 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.215 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1171, 12.7425, 55.8741)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F37C8 #70C837

analogous

#4737C8 #8F37C8 #C837B8

triadic

#8F37C8 #C88F37 #37C88F

tetradic

#8F37C8 #C84737 #70C837 #37B8C8

square

#8F37C8 #C84737 #70C837 #37B8C8

split-complementary

#8F37C8 #B8C837 #37C847

monochromatic

#4A1D68 #6D2A98 #8F37C8 #AA67D5 #C597E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8F37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8F37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F37C8

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F37C8	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0765C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.215 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576da',
    500: '#8f37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f37c8;
$custom-light: #b576da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.414,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53019,
    "c": 0.21522,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F37C8

secondary

#A6CE8D

accent

#E04884

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F37C8

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

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