#8A73B8#8A73B8

#8A73B8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.105 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73B8
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 184)
HSL	hsl(260, 33%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 37.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 23.69, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 40.78, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.0502 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.105 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2617, 21.1253, 48.0848)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73B8 #A1B873

analogous

#737EB8 #8A73B8 #AC73B8

triadic

#8A73B8 #B88A73 #73B88A

tetradic

#8A73B8 #B8737E #A1B873 #73B8AC

square

#8A73B8 #B8737E #A1B873 #73B8AC

split-complementary

#8A73B8 #B8AC73 #7EB873

monochromatic

#4F3B75 #6A509E #8A73B8 #AC9CCD #CEC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8A73B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8A73B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73B8

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73B8	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.105 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bcd',
    500: '#8a73b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73b8;
$custom-light: #ad9bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 32.701,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60494,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73B8

secondary

#C8D1B6

accent

#C95FA6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73B8

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

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