#873BD6#873BD6

#873BD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.223 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873BD6
RGB	rgb(135, 59, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 60.51, -66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 90.02, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.1165 -0.1901)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.223 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6903, 13.1337, 64.8923)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873BD6 #8AD63B

analogous

#3B3CD6 #873BD6 #D43BD6

triadic

#873BD6 #D6873B #3BD687

tetradic

#873BD6 #D63B3C #8AD63B #3BD6D4

square

#873BD6 #D63B3C #8AD63B #3BD6D4

split-complementary

#873BD6 #D6D43B #3CD63B

monochromatic

#4A1A7D #6925AF #873BD6 #A66EE1 #C5A0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#873BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#873BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873BD6

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873BD6	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 59, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.223 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078e4',
    500: '#873bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873bd6;
$custom-light: #b078e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.419,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53539,
    "c": 0.22292,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873BD6

secondary

#B7D895

accent

#E83F96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110916

muted

#807B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #873BD6

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

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