#873AD5#873AD5

#873AD5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.223 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873AD5
RGB	rgb(135, 58, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 60.71, -66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 90.00, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1176 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.223 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5121, 12.9810, 64.2048)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873AD5 #88D53A

analogous

#3A3AD5 #873AD5 #D43AD5

triadic

#873AD5 #D5873A #3AD587

tetradic

#873AD5 #D53A3A #88D53A #3AD5D4

square

#873AD5 #D53A3A #88D53A #3AD5D4

split-complementary

#873AD5 #D5D43A #3AD53A

monochromatic

#4A1A7A #6825AD #873AD5 #A66CE0 #C49FEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#873AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#873AD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873AD5

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873AD5	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 58, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.223 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077e3',
    500: '#873ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873ad5;
$custom-light: #b077e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.806,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53353,
    "c": 0.223,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873AD5

secondary

#B6D794

accent

#E84094

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110916

muted

#807B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #873AD5

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

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