#8735C7#8735C7

#8735C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.214 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8735C7
RGB	rgb(135, 53, 199)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 59.60, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 85.49, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.125 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.214 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5713, 11.8208, 55.1670)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8735C7 #75C735

analogous

#3E35C7 #8735C7 #C735BE

triadic

#8735C7 #C78735 #35C787

tetradic

#8735C7 #C73E35 #75C735 #35BEC7

square

#8735C7 #C73E35 #75C735 #35BEC7

split-complementary

#8735C7 #BEC735 #35C73E

monochromatic

#451B66 #662897 #8735C7 #A464D6 #C094E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8735C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8735C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8735C7

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8735C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8735C7	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8735c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 53, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.214 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74d9',
    500: '#8735c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8735c7;
$custom-light: #af74d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8735c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51746,
    "c": 0.21445,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8735C7

secondary

#A8CE8A

accent

#E1478A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8735C7

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

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