#8740B2#8740B2

#8740B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.179 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8740B2
RGB	rgb(135, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 49.85, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 69.51, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1157 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.179 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8594, 12.0324, 43.3872)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8740B2 #6BB240

analogous

#4E40B2 #8740B2 #B240A4

triadic

#8740B2 #B28740 #40B287

tetradic

#8740B2 #B24E40 #6BB240 #40A4B2

square

#8740B2 #B24E40 #6BB240 #40A4B2

split-complementary

#8740B2 #A4B240 #40B24E

monochromatic

#432058 #653085 #8740B2 #A467C8 #BF94D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8740B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8740B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8740B2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8740B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8740B2	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3262AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8740b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.179 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad79ca',
    500: '#8740b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8740b2;
$custom-light: #ad79ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8740b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.368,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51528,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8740B2

secondary

#A0C48A

accent

#D75183

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8740B2

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

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