#8A73B3#8A73B3

#8A73B3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.098 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73B3
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 179)
HSL	hsl(262, 30%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 35.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 22.46, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 38.01, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.0491 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.098 300)
XYZ	xyz(24.7469, 20.9193, 45.3732)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73B3 #9CB373

analogous

#737CB3 #8A73B3 #AA73B3

triadic

#8A73B3 #B38A73 #73B38A

tetradic

#8A73B3 #B3737C #9CB373 #73B3AA

square

#8A73B3 #B3737C #9CB373 #73B3AA

split-complementary

#8A73B3 #B3AA73 #7CB373

monochromatic

#4F3C6F #6B5297 #8A73B3 #AB9BC9 #CCC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A73B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8A73B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73B3

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73B3	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#647EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.098 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bca',
    500: '#8a73b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73b3;
$custom-light: #ad9bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.563,
    "s": 29.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60249,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.20919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73B3

secondary

#C5CEB4

accent

#C662A2

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73B3

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

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