#8873E8#8873E8

#8873E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.170 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8873E8
RGB	rgb(136, 115, 232)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 50.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 35.84, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 67.13, 302.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0549 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.17 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8455, 23.3209, 79.2044)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8873E8 #D3E873

analogous

#7398E8 #8873E8 #C273E8

triadic

#8873E8 #E88873 #73E888

tetradic

#8873E8 #E87398 #D3E873 #73E8C2

square

#8873E8 #E87398 #D3E873 #73E8C2

split-complementary

#8873E8 #E8C273 #98E873

monochromatic

#3D20C1 #5B3EDF #8873E8 #B5A8F1 #E1DCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8873E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8873E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8873E8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8873E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8873E8	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4187EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8873e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 115, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.170 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bf0',
    500: '#8873e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8873e8;
$custom-light: #af9bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8873e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63008,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8873E8

secondary

#E7EDCA

accent

#D412B1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8873E8

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

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