#8740D9#8740D9

#8740D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.220 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8740D9
RGB	rgb(135, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 58.99, -66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 89.05, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1112 -0.1903)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.22 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3464, 13.8272, 67.0184)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8740D9 #92D940

analogous

#4046D9 #8740D9 #D340D9

triadic

#8740D9 #D98740 #40D987

tetradic

#8740D9 #D94046 #92D940 #40D9D3

square

#8740D9 #D94046 #92D940 #40D9D3

split-complementary

#8740D9 #D9D340 #46D940

monochromatic

#4B1A84 #6924B7 #8740D9 #A773E3 #C7A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8740D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8740D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8740D9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8740D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8740D9	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#746588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8740d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.220 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07be6',
    500: '#8740d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8740d9;
$custom-light: #b07be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8740d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.843,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54333,
    "c": 0.22039,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8740D9

secondary

#BDDA9A

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8740D9

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

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