#8A73BD#8A73BD

#8A73BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.112 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73BD
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 189)
HSL	hsl(259, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 39.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 24.94, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 43.55, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.0513 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.112 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7951, 21.3386, 50.8940)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73BD #A6BD73

analogous

#7381BD #8A73BD #AF73BD

triadic

#8A73BD #BD8A73 #73BD8A

tetradic

#8A73BD #BD7381 #A6BD73 #73BDAF

square

#8A73BD #BD7381 #A6BD73 #73BDAF

split-complementary

#8A73BD #BDAF73 #81BD73

monochromatic

#4E3A7B #694EA5 #8A73BD #AD9DD1 #D0C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8A73BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8A73BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73BD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73BD	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F80C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.112 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bd1',
    500: '#8a73bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73bd;
$custom-light: #ae9bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.649,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60747,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73BD

secondary

#CBD4B8

accent

#CC5CA9

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73BD

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