#8736C3#8736C3

#8736C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.209 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8736C3
RGB	rgb(135, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 58.28, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 83.07, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1247 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.209 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1590, 11.7296, 52.7685)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8736C3 #72C336

analogous

#4036C3 #8736C3 #C336B9

triadic

#8736C3 #C38736 #36C387

tetradic

#8736C3 #C34036 #72C336 #36B9C3

square

#8736C3 #C34036 #72C336 #36B9C3

split-complementary

#8736C3 #B9C336 #36C340

monochromatic

#451B63 #662993 #8736C3 #A463D4 #C092E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8736C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8736C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8736C3

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8736C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8736C3	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8736c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.209 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74d6',
    500: '#8736c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8736c3;
$custom-light: #af74d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8736c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5155,
    "c": 0.20935,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8736C3

secondary

#A5CC89

accent

#E04889

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8736C3

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

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