#8740D3#8740D3

#8740D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.214 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8740D3
RGB	rgb(135, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 57.55, -63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 86.06, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% 0.1122 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.214 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5801, 13.5207, 62.9829)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8740D3 #8CD340

analogous

#4043D3 #8740D3 #D140D3

triadic

#8740D3 #D38740 #40D387

tetradic

#8740D3 #D34043 #8CD340 #40D3D1

square

#8740D3 #D34043 #8CD340 #40D3D1

split-complementary

#8740D3 #D3D140 #43D340

monochromatic

#4B1D7C #6928AE #8740D3 #A672DE #C6A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8740D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8740D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8740D3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8740D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8740D3	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8740d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.214 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ae1',
    500: '#8740d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8740d3;
$custom-light: #b07ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8740d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.98,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53875,
    "c": 0.21406,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8740D3

secondary

#B8D798

accent

#E64297

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8740D3

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

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