#873ED9#873ED9

#873ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.223 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873ED9
RGB	rgb(135, 62, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, 59.90, -67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 90.04, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1131 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.223 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2356, 13.6057, 66.9815)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873ED9 #90D93E

analogous

#3E43D9 #873ED9 #D53ED9

triadic

#873ED9 #D9873E #3ED987

tetradic

#873ED9 #D93E43 #90D93E #3ED9D5

square

#873ED9 #D93E43 #90D93E #3ED9D5

split-complementary

#873ED9 #D9D53E #43D93E

monochromatic

#4B1A83 #6924B6 #873ED9 #A771E3 #C7A4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#873ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#873ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873ED9

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873ED9	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 62, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.223 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b079e6',
    500: '#873ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873ed9;
$custom-light: #b079e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.258,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54104,
    "c": 0.22267,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873ED9

secondary

#BBDA99

accent

#EA3E99

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #873ED9

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

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