#8F37E2#8F37E2

#8F37E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.240 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F37E2
RGB	rgb(143, 55, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 66.29, -71.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 97.32, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.1284 -0.2033)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.24 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4181, 14.0629, 73.2594)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F37E2 #8AE237

analogous

#3937E2 #8F37E2 #E237DF

triadic

#8F37E2 #E28F37 #37E28F

tetradic

#8F37E2 #E23937 #8AE237 #37DFE2

square

#8F37E2 #E23937 #8AE237 #37DFE2

split-complementary

#8F37E2 #DFE237 #37E239

monochromatic

#51148B #701CC0 #8F37E2 #AD6CEA #CBA2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8F37E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8F37E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F37E2

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F37E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F37E2	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f37e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 55, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.240 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b777ec',
    500: '#8f37e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f37e2;
$custom-light: #b777ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f37e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.877,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55003,
    "c": 0.24044,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F37E2

secondary

#B9DE97

accent

#F13791

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F37E2

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

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