#8A73CB#8A73CB

#8A73CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.131 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73CB
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 43.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 28.52, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 51.29, 303.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.0539 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.131 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3887, 21.9761, 59.2871)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73CB #B4CB73

analogous

#7388CB #8A73CB #B673CB

triadic

#8A73CB #CB8A73 #73CB8A

tetradic

#8A73CB #CB7388 #B4CB73 #73CBB6

square

#8A73CB #CB7388 #B4CB73 #73CBB6

split-complementary

#8A73CB #CBB673 #88CB73

monochromatic

#4C358F #6546BA #8A73CB #AFA0DC #D5CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8A73CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8A73CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73CB

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73CB	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5882CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.131 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bdb',
    500: '#8a73cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73cb;
$custom-light: #ae9bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.682,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61488,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73CB

secondary

#D5DDBD

accent

#B92C94

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73CB

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

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