#8A73BB#8A73BB

#8A73BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.109 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73BB
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 187)
HSL	hsl(259, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 38.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 24.43, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 42.44, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.0509 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.109 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5795, 21.2524, 49.7586)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73BB #A4BB73

analogous

#7380BB #8A73BB #AE73BB

triadic

#8A73BB #BB8A73 #73BB8A

tetradic

#8A73BB #BB7380 #A4BB73 #73BBAE

square

#8A73BB #BB7380 #A4BB73 #73BBAE

split-complementary

#8A73BB #BBAE73 #80BB73

monochromatic

#4F3B79 #694FA2 #8A73BB #AC9CCF #CFC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8A73BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8A73BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73BB

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73BB	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.109 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bcf',
    500: '#8a73bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73bb;
$custom-light: #ad9bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73BB

secondary

#CAD3B7

accent

#CB5DA8

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73BB

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

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