#8736B9#8736B9

#8736B9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.199 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8736B9
RGB	rgb(135, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.07, 56.05, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.07, 78.17, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.1262 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.199 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0660, 11.2924, 47.0121)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8736B9 #68B936

analogous

#4536B9 #8736B9 #B936AA

triadic

#8736B9 #B98736 #36B987

tetradic

#8736B9 #B94536 #68B936 #36AAB9

square

#8736B9 #B94536 #68B936 #36AAB9

split-complementary

#8736B9 #AAB936 #36B945

monochromatic

#421A5A #64288A #8736B9 #A45DD0 #BE8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8736B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8736B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8736B9

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8736B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8736B9	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A5FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8736b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.199 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74cf',
    500: '#8736b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8736b9;
$custom-light: #ae74cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8736b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.099,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50817,
    "c": 0.19938,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8736B9

secondary

#9DC883

accent

#DE4A82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8736B9

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

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