#8742C8#8742C8

#8742C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.200 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8742C8
RGB	rgb(135, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 53.98, -58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 79.50, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1116 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.2 304)
XYZ	xyz(22.3628, 13.2175, 56.0055)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8742C8 #83C842

analogous

#4442C8 #8742C8 #C842C6

triadic

#8742C8 #C88742 #42C887

tetradic

#8742C8 #C84442 #83C842 #42C6C8

square

#8742C8 #C84442 #83C842 #42C6C8

split-complementary

#8742C8 #C6C842 #42C844

monochromatic

#49206F #682E9F #8742C8 #A571D6 #C3A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8742C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8742C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8742C8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8742C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8742C8	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E66C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8742c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.200 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bd9',
    500: '#8742c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8742c8;
$custom-light: #af7bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8742c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.896,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53306,
    "c": 0.19986,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.13217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8742C8

secondary

#B2D096

accent

#DE4A92

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8742C8

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

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