#873DC9#873DC9

#873DC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.207 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873DC9
RGB	rgb(135, 61, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 56.56, -60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 82.60, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.1168 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.207 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2006, 12.7055, 56.5298)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873DC9 #7FC93D

analogous

#413DC9 #873DC9 #C93DC5

triadic

#873DC9 #C9873D #3DC987

tetradic

#873DC9 #C9413D #7FC93D #3DC5C9

square

#873DC9 #C9413D #7FC93D #3DC5C9

split-complementary

#873DC9 #C5C93D #3DC941

monochromatic

#481E6D #682C9D #873DC9 #A56DD6 #C29DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#873DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#873DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873DC9

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873DC9	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A5D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 61, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.207 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78da',
    500: '#873dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873dc9;
$custom-light: #af78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52776,
    "c": 0.20718,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873DC9

secondary

#AFD092

accent

#E04890

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #873DC9

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

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