#8A73AF#8A73AF

#8A73AF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.093 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73AF
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 175)
HSL	hsl(263, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 21.49, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 35.79, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0481 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.093 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3482, 20.7598, 43.2734)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73AF #98AF73

analogous

#737AAF #8A73AF #A873AF

triadic

#8A73AF #AF8A73 #73AF8A

tetradic

#8A73AF #AF737A #98AF73 #73AFA8

square

#8A73AF #AF737A #98AF73 #73AFA8

split-complementary

#8A73AF #AFA873 #7AAF73

monochromatic

#4E3D6B #6B5392 #8A73AF #AB9AC5 #CBC1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A73AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8A73AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73AF

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73AF	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.093 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bc7',
    500: '#8a73af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73af;
$custom-light: #ad9bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60057,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73AF

secondary

#C2CBB3

accent

#C4649F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73AF

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

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