#8736C7#8736C7

#8736C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.213 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8736C7
RGB	rgb(135, 54, 199)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 72.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 59.18, -61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 85.03, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.124 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.213 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6174, 11.9129, 55.1823)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8736C7 #76C736

analogous

#3E36C7 #8736C7 #C736BF

triadic

#8736C7 #C78736 #36C787

tetradic

#8736C7 #C73E36 #76C736 #36BFC7

square

#8736C7 #C73E36 #76C736 #36BFC7

split-complementary

#8736C7 #BFC736 #36C73E

monochromatic

#461C67 #662997 #8736C7 #A465D5 #C095E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8736C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8736C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8736C7

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8736C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8736C7	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8736c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 54, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.213 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74d9',
    500: '#8736c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8736c7;
$custom-light: #af74d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8736c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.517,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51851,
    "c": 0.21334,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8736C7

secondary

#A9CE8B

accent

#E1478B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8736C7

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

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