#8873CB#8873CB

#8873CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.131 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8873CB
RGB	rgb(136, 115, 203)
HSL	hsl(254, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(254, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 43.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 27.98, -42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 51.23, 303.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.0515 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.131 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0608, 21.8070, 59.2718)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8873CB #B6CB73

analogous

#738ACB #8873CB #B473CB

triadic

#8873CB #CB8873 #73CB88

tetradic

#8873CB #CB738A #B6CB73 #73CBB4

square

#8873CB #CB738A #B6CB73 #73CBB4

split-complementary

#8873CB #CBB473 #8ACB73

monochromatic

#4A358F #6246BA #8873CB #AEA0DC #D4CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8873CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8873CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8873CB

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8873CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8873CB	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5782CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8873cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 115, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.131 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bdb',
    500: '#8873cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8873cb;
$custom-light: #ad9bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8873cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.318,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61309,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8873CB

secondary

#D5DDBD

accent

#B92C97

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8873CB

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

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