#8738C2#8738C2

#8738C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.206 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8738C2
RGB	rgb(135, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 57.19, -58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 81.62, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1229 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.206 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1414, 11.8745, 52.2067)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8738C2 #73C238

analogous

#4238C2 #8738C2 #C238B8

triadic

#8738C2 #C28738 #38C287

tetradic

#8738C2 #C24238 #73C238 #38B8C2

square

#8738C2 #C24238 #73C238 #38B8C2

split-complementary

#8738C2 #B8C238 #38C242

monochromatic

#451D63 #662A93 #8738C2 #A465D2 #C094E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8738C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8738C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8738C2

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8738C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8738C2	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8738c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.206 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75d5',
    500: '#8738c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8738c2;
$custom-light: #af75d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8738c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.348,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51692,
    "c": 0.20601,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8738C2

secondary

#A6CB8A

accent

#DF4989

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8738C2

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

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