#8737B6#8737B6

#8737B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.195 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8737B6
RGB	rgb(135, 55, 182)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 69.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 54.95, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 76.21, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.1256 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.195 310)
XYZ	xyz(19.7997, 11.2611, 45.3775)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8737B6 #66B637

analogous

#4837B6 #8737B6 #B637A6

triadic

#8737B6 #B68737 #37B687

tetradic

#8737B6 #B64837 #66B637 #37A6B6

square

#8737B6 #B64837 #66B637 #37A6B6

split-complementary

#8737B6 #A6B637 #37B648

monochromatic

#411B58 #642987 #8737B6 #A45CCE #BE8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8737B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8737B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8737B6

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8737B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8737B6	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2160B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8737b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 55, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.195 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74cd',
    500: '#8737b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8737b6;
$custom-light: #ae74cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8737b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.795,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50714,
    "c": 0.19515,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.11261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8737B6

secondary

#9CC682

accent

#DD4B81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8737B6

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

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