#8A73BE#8A73BE

#8A73BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.113 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73BE
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 190)
HSL	hsl(258, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(258, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 39.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 25.19, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 44.10, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.0515 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.113 297)
XYZ	xyz(25.9040, 21.3822, 51.4677)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73BE #A7BE73

analogous

#7382BE #8A73BE #AF73BE

triadic

#8A73BE #BE8A73 #73BE8A

tetradic

#8A73BE #BE7382 #A7BE73 #73BEAF

square

#8A73BE #BE7382 #A7BE73 #73BEAF

split-complementary

#8A73BE #BEAF73 #82BE73

monochromatic

#4E3A7D #694DA6 #8A73BE #AD9DD1 #D0C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A73BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8A73BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73BE

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73BE	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F80C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.113 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bd2',
    500: '#8a73be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73be;
$custom-light: #ae9bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.4,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60798,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.21382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73BE

secondary

#CCD5B8

accent

#CD5BAA

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73BE

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

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