#8737D4#8737D4

#8737D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.225 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8737D4
RGB	rgb(135, 55, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 61.74, -66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 90.91, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1205 -0.1903)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.225 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2387, 12.6367, 63.4894)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8737D4 #84D437

analogous

#3837D4 #8737D4 #D437D3

triadic

#8737D4 #D48737 #37D487

tetradic

#8737D4 #D43837 #84D437 #37D3D4

square

#8737D4 #D43837 #84D437 #37D3D4

split-complementary

#8737D4 #D3D437 #37D438

monochromatic

#491A77 #6824A9 #8737D4 #A569DF #C39CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8737D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8737D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8737D4

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8737D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8737D4	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8737d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 55, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.225 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076e2',
    500: '#8737d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8737d4;
$custom-light: #b076e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8737d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.573,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52959,
    "c": 0.22522,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8737D4

secondary

#B3D691

accent

#E84092

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#110915

muted

#807B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8737D4

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

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