#8742CA#8742CA

#8742CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.202 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8742CA
RGB	rgb(135, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 54.45, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 80.51, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.1114 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.202 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5981, 13.3116, 57.2445)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8742CA #85CA42

analogous

#4342CA #8742CA #CA42C9

triadic

#8742CA #CA8742 #42CA87

tetradic

#8742CA #CA4342 #85CA42 #42C9CA

square

#8742CA #CA4342 #85CA42 #42C9CA

split-complementary

#8742CA #C9CA42 #42CA43

monochromatic

#492072 #682DA2 #8742CA #A572D7 #C4A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8742CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8742CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8742CA

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8742CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8742CA	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0466C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8742ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.202 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bdb',
    500: '#8742ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8742ca;
$custom-light: #af7bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8742ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.441,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53451,
    "c": 0.20201,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8742CA

secondary

#B3D196

accent

#DF4893

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8742CA

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

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