#8A73A7#8A73A7

#8A73A7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.082 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73A7
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 167)
HSL	hsl(267, 23%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 19.60, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 31.38, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.046 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.082 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5856, 20.4548, 39.2574)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73A7 #90A773

analogous

#7376A7 #8A73A7 #A473A7

triadic

#8A73A7 #A78A73 #73A78A

tetradic

#8A73A7 #A77376 #90A773 #73A7A4

square

#8A73A7 #A77376 #90A773 #73A7A4

split-complementary

#8A73A7 #A7A473 #76A773

monochromatic

#4E3E62 #6B5588 #8A73A7 #A999BF #C9BED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8A73A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8A73A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73A7

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73A7	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.082 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bc1',
    500: '#8a73a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73a7;
$custom-light: #ad9bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.538,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59688,
    "c": 0.0816,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73A7

secondary

#BCC6B0

accent

#BF6899

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73A7

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

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