#8A73A2#8A73A2

#8A73A2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.075 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73A2
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 162)
HSL	hsl(269, 20%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 29%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 18.45, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 28.64, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.0446 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.075 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1323, 20.2735, 36.8699)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73A2 #8BA273

analogous

#7374A2 #8A73A2 #A273A2

triadic

#8A73A2 #A28A73 #73A28A

tetradic

#8A73A2 #A27374 #8BA273 #73A2A2

square

#8A73A2 #A27374 #8BA273 #73A2A2

split-complementary

#8A73A2 #A2A273 #74A273

monochromatic

#4D3E5D #6B5682 #8A73A2 #A998BA #C7BDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A73A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8A73A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73A2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73A2	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.075 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9bbd',
    500: '#8a73a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73a2;
$custom-light: #ac9bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 20.172,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59466,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73A2

secondary

#B9C2AE

accent

#BD6B95

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73A2

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

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