#873BD3#873BD3

#873BD3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.220 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873BD3
RGB	rgb(135, 59, 211)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 72%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 59.80, -65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 88.54, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.117 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.22 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3107, 12.9819, 62.8931)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873BD3 #87D33B

analogous

#3B3BD3 #873BD3 #D33BD3

triadic

#873BD3 #D3873B #3BD387

tetradic

#873BD3 #D33B3B #87D33B #3BD3D3

square

#873BD3 #D33B3B #87D33B #3BD3D3

split-complementary

#873BD3 #D3D33B #3BD33B

monochromatic

#4A1B79 #6826AB #873BD3 #A66DDE #C49FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#873BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#873BD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873BD3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873BD3	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)

#0064D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 59, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.220 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078e1',
    500: '#873bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873bd3;
$custom-light: #b078e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53306,
    "c": 0.21984,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873BD3

secondary

#B5D694

accent

#E64194

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #873BD3

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

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