#8736B7#8736B7

#8736B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.197 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8736B7
RGB	rgb(135, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.93, 55.61, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.93, 77.19, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.1265 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.197 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8564, 11.2085, 45.9080)
Luminance	0.1121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8736B7 #66B736

analogous

#4736B7 #8736B7 #B736A7

triadic

#8736B7 #B78736 #36B787

tetradic

#8736B7 #B74736 #66B736 #36A7B7

square

#8736B7 #B74736 #66B736 #36A7B7

split-complementary

#8736B7 #A7B736 #36B747

monochromatic

#411A58 #642888 #8736B7 #A45BCF #BE8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#8736B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8736B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8736B7

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8736B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8736B7	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E5FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8736b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.197 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74cd',
    500: '#8736b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8736b7;
$custom-light: #ae74cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8736b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50673,
    "c": 0.19739,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8736B7

secondary

#9CC782

accent

#DE4A81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8736B7

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

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