#8A73BA#8A73BA

#8A73BA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.108 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73BA
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 186)
HSL	hsl(259, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 38.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 24.18, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 41.88, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.0507 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.108 298)
XYZ	xyz(25.4728, 21.2097, 49.1967)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73BA #A3BA73

analogous

#7380BA #8A73BA #AE73BA

triadic

#8A73BA #BA8A73 #73BA8A

tetradic

#8A73BA #BA7380 #A3BA73 #73BAAE

square

#8A73BA #BA7380 #A3BA73 #73BAAE

split-complementary

#8A73BA #BAAE73 #80BA73

monochromatic

#4F3B78 #6A4FA1 #8A73BA #AC9CCE #CFC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A73BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A73BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73BA

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73BA	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.108 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bcf',
    500: '#8a73ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73ba;
$custom-light: #ad9bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 33.971,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60595,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.2121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73BA

secondary

#C9D2B6

accent

#CA5EA7

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73BA

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

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