#8740D8#8740D8

#8740D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.219 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8740D8
RGB	rgb(135, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 58.75, -66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 88.55, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1114 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.219 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2167, 13.7754, 66.3355)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8740D8 #91D840

analogous

#4045D8 #8740D8 #D340D8

triadic

#8740D8 #D88740 #40D887

tetradic

#8740D8 #D84045 #91D840 #40D8D3

square

#8740D8 #D84045 #91D840 #40D8D3

split-complementary

#8740D8 #D8D340 #45D840

monochromatic

#4B1B83 #6925B6 #8740D8 #A773E2 #C7A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8740D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8740D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8740D8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8740D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8740D8	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8740d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.219 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ae5',
    500: '#8740d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8740d8;
$custom-light: #b07ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8740d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.026,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54256,
    "c": 0.21933,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8740D8

secondary

#BCDA9A

accent

#E93F9A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8740D8

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

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