#8737C3#8737C3

#8737C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.208 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8737C3
RGBrgb(135, 55, 195)
HSLhsl(274, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(274, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(30.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(40.93, 57.85, -58.95)
CIE-LCHlch(40.93, 82.59, 314.46°)
OKLaboklab(51.66% 0.1237 -0.1674)
OKLCHoklch(51.66% 0.208 306.5)
XYZxyz(21.2061, 11.8236, 52.7842)
Luminance0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8737C3 #73C337
analogous
#4137C3 #8737C3 #C337B9
triadic
#8737C3 #C38737 #37C387
tetradic
#8737C3 #C34137 #73C337 #37B9C3
square
#8737C3 #C34137 #73C337 #37B9C3
split-complementary
#8737C3 #B9C337 #37C341
monochromatic
#451C64 #662A93 #8737C3 #A464D3 #C094E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24
#8737C3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36
#8737C3 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8737C3
6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8737C3#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8737C31.006.243.366.24
#FFFFFF6.241.0021.001.00
#0000003.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.241.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005EC7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0061C0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7D587A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8737c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.208 306.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75d6',
    500: '#8737c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8737c3;
$custom-light: #af75d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8737c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51657,
    "c": 0.20819,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8737C3
secondary
#A6CC8A
accent
#DF4989
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFA
border
#D0C8D3
text
#110914
muted
#807B83

Preview Lab

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#8737C3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva