#8A73B2#8A73B2

#8A73B2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.097 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73B2
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 178)
HSL	hsl(262, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 35.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 22.22, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 37.45, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0488 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.097 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6461, 20.8790, 44.8425)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73B2 #9BB273

analogous

#737CB2 #8A73B2 #AA73B2

triadic

#8A73B2 #B28A73 #73B28A

tetradic

#8A73B2 #B2737C #9BB273 #73B2AA

square

#8A73B2 #B2737C #9BB273 #73B2AA

split-complementary

#8A73B2 #B2AA73 #7CB273

monochromatic

#4F3D6E #6B5296 #8A73B2 #AB9AC8 #CCC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8A73B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8A73B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73B2

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73B2	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.097 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bc9',
    500: '#8a73b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73b2;
$custom-light: #ad9bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.905,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60201,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73B2

secondary

#C4CDB4

accent

#C562A1

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73B2

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

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