#8736B6#8736B6

#8736B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.196 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8736B6
RGB	rgb(135, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.86, 55.39, -53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.86, 76.70, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% 0.1266 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.196 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7527, 11.1670, 45.3618)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8736B6 #65B636

analogous

#4736B6 #8736B6 #B636A5

triadic

#8736B6 #B68736 #36B687

tetradic

#8736B6 #B64736 #65B636 #36A5B6

square

#8736B6 #B64736 #65B636 #36A5B6

split-complementary

#8736B6 #A5B636 #36B647

monochromatic

#411A58 #642887 #8736B6 #A45BCE #BE8ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#8736B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8736B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8736B6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8736B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8736B6	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8736b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.196 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74cd',
    500: '#8736b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8736b6;
$custom-light: #ae74cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8736b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.969,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50602,
    "c": 0.1964,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8736B6

secondary

#9BC681

accent

#DE4A80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8736B6

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

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