#8A73C8#8A73C8

#8A73C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.127 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73C8
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 200)
HSL	hsl(256, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 42.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 27.74, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 49.63, 303.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.0534 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.127 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0347, 21.8345, 57.4225)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73C8 #B1C873

analogous

#7387C8 #8A73C8 #B573C8

triadic

#8A73C8 #C88A73 #73C88A

tetradic

#8A73C8 #C87387 #B1C873 #73C8B5

square

#8A73C8 #C87387 #B1C873 #73C8B5

split-complementary

#8A73C8 #C8B573 #87C873

monochromatic

#4D368A #6648B6 #8A73C8 #AF9FD9 #D3CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A73C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A73C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73C8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73C8	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5981CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.127 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bd9',
    500: '#8a73c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73c8;
$custom-light: #ae9bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.235,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61325,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73C8

secondary

#D3DBBC

accent

#B72F92

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73C8

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

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