#8737C6#8737C6

#8737C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.211 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8737C6
RGB	rgb(135, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 58.53, -60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 84.06, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1232 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.211 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5487, 11.9607, 54.5886)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8737C6 #76C637

analogous

#3F37C6 #8737C6 #C637BE

triadic

#8737C6 #C68737 #37C687

tetradic

#8737C6 #C63F37 #76C637 #37BEC6

square

#8737C6 #C63F37 #76C637 #37BEC6

split-complementary

#8737C6 #BEC637 #37C63F

monochromatic

#461C66 #662A96 #8737C6 #A466D4 #C096E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8737C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8737C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8737C6

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8737C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8737C6	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C597B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8737c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.211 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75d8',
    500: '#8737c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8737c6;
$custom-light: #af75d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8737c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.566,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51881,
    "c": 0.21121,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8737C6

secondary

#A9CD8C

accent

#E0488B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8737C6

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

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