#8742D8#8742D8

#8742D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.217 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8742D8
RGB	rgb(135, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 57.82, -65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 87.53, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1094 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.217 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3315, 14.0050, 66.3738)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8742D8 #93D842

analogous

#4248D8 #8742D8 #D242D8

triadic

#8742D8 #D88742 #42D887

tetradic

#8742D8 #D84248 #93D842 #42D8D2

square

#8742D8 #D84248 #93D842 #42D8D2

split-complementary

#8742D8 #D8D242 #48D842

monochromatic

#4C1B84 #6926B7 #8742D8 #A775E2 #C7A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#8742D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8742D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8742D8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8742D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8742D8	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8742d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.217 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ce5',
    500: '#8742d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8742d8;
$custom-light: #b07ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8742d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54491,
    "c": 0.21699,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8742D8

secondary

#BDDA9C

accent

#E93F9B

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8742D8

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

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