#8736D9#8736D9

#8736D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.231 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8736D9
RGB	rgb(135, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, 63.31, -69.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 93.79, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.1202 -0.1975)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.231 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8322, 12.7988, 66.8470)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8736D9 #88D936

analogous

#3636D9 #8736D9 #D936D9

triadic

#8736D9 #D98736 #36D987

tetradic

#8736D9 #D93636 #88D936 #36D9D9

square

#8736D9 #D93636 #88D936 #36D9D9

split-complementary

#8736D9 #D9D936 #36D936

monochromatic

#4A187D #6821B0 #8736D9 #A669E3 #C49DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8736D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8736D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8736D9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8736D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8736D9	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8736d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.231 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175e6',
    500: '#8736d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8736d9;
$custom-light: #b175e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8736d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.816,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53255,
    "c": 0.23125,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8736D9

secondary

#B6D992

accent

#EB3D94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8736D9

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

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