#8A73AE#8A73AE

#8A73AE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.091 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73AE
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 174)
HSL	hsl(263, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 33.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 21.25, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 35.24, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.0478 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.091 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2503, 20.7207, 42.7581)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73AE #97AE73

analogous

#737AAE #8A73AE #A873AE

triadic

#8A73AE #AE8A73 #73AE8A

tetradic

#8A73AE #AE737A #97AE73 #73AEA8

square

#8A73AE #AE737A #97AE73 #73AEA8

split-complementary

#8A73AE #AEA873 #7AAE73

monochromatic

#4E3D6A #6B5390 #8A73AE #AA9AC4 #CBC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A73AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#8A73AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73AE

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73AE	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.091 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bc6',
    500: '#8a73ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73ae;
$custom-light: #ad9bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.39,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6001,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73AE

secondary

#C1CAB2

accent

#C3659E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73AE

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

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