#873DC8#873DC8

#873DC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.206 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873DC8
RGB	rgb(135, 61, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 69.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 56.33, -59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 82.11, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% 0.1169 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.206 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0834, 12.6586, 55.9123)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873DC8 #7EC83D

analogous

#413DC8 #873DC8 #C83DC4

triadic

#873DC8 #C8873D #3DC887

tetradic

#873DC8 #C8413D #7EC83D #3DC4C8

square

#873DC8 #C8413D #7EC83D #3DC4C8

split-complementary

#873DC8 #C4C83D #3DC841

monochromatic

#481F6C #682C9C #873DC8 #A46DD6 #C29CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#873DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#873DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873DC8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873DC8	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B5D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 61, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.206 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78da',
    500: '#873dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873dc8;
$custom-light: #af78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.942,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52702,
    "c": 0.20614,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873DC8

secondary

#AECF92

accent

#DF498F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #873DC8

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

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