#8738D9#8738D9

#8738D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.229 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8738D9
RGB	rgb(135, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 62.49, -68.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 92.89, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.1185 -0.1962)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.229 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9272, 12.9888, 66.8787)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8738D9 #8AD938

analogous

#3839D9 #8738D9 #D738D9

triadic

#8738D9 #D98738 #38D987

tetradic

#8738D9 #D93839 #8AD938 #38D9D7

square

#8738D9 #D93839 #8AD938 #38D9D7

split-complementary

#8738D9 #D9D738 #39D938

monochromatic

#4A187E #6922B2 #8738D9 #A66BE3 #C59FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8738D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8738D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8738D9

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8738D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8738D9	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8738d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.229 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176e6',
    500: '#8738d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8738d9;
$custom-light: #b176e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8738d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.441,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53458,
    "c": 0.22918,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8738D9

secondary

#B7D994

accent

#EB3D96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8738D9

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

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