#8742D7#8742D7

#8742D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.216 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8742D7
RGB	rgb(135, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 57.58, -65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 87.03, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1096 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.216 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2026, 13.9534, 65.6950)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8742D7 #92D742

analogous

#4247D7 #8742D7 #D142D7

triadic

#8742D7 #D78742 #42D787

tetradic

#8742D7 #D74247 #92D742 #42D7D1

square

#8742D7 #D74247 #92D742 #42D7D1

split-complementary

#8742D7 #D7D142 #47D742

monochromatic

#4B1C83 #6926B5 #8742D7 #A775E2 #C7A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8742D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8742D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8742D7

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8742D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8742D7	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8742d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.216 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ce4',
    500: '#8742d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8742d7;
$custom-light: #b07ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8742d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.785,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54415,
    "c": 0.21593,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8742D7

secondary

#BDDA9B

accent

#E8409A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8742D7

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

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