#8742E2#8742E2

#8742E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.228 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8742E2
RGB	rgb(135, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 60.26, -70.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 92.51, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1077 -0.2005)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.228 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6638, 14.5379, 73.3907)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8742E2 #9DE242

analogous

#424DE2 #8742E2 #D742E2

triadic

#8742E2 #E28742 #42E287

tetradic

#8742E2 #E2424D #9DE242 #42E2D7

square

#8742E2 #E2424D #9DE242 #42E2D7

split-complementary

#8742E2 #E2D742 #4DE242

monochromatic

#4C1793 #681FC8 #8742E2 #A977EA #CAACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8742E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8742E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8742E2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8742E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8742E2	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#716A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8742e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.228 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cec',
    500: '#8742e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8742e2;
$custom-light: #b17cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8742e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55264,
    "c": 0.22761,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8742E2

secondary

#C4E09F

accent

#F038A1

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8742E2

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

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