#8A73CE#8A73CE

#8A73CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.135 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73CE
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 44.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 29.31, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 52.94, 303.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.0543 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.135 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7497, 22.1205, 61.1882)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73CE #B7CE73

analogous

#7389CE #8A73CE #B773CE

triadic

#8A73CE #CE8A73 #73CE8A

tetradic

#8A73CE #CE7389 #B7CE73 #73CEB7

square

#8A73CE #CE7389 #B7CE73 #73CEB7

split-complementary

#8A73CE #CEB773 #89CE73

monochromatic

#4C3393 #6446BE #8A73CE #B0A0DE #D6CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8A73CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8A73CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73CE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73CE	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5683D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.135 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bdd',
    500: '#8a73ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73ce;
$custom-light: #af9bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.165,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61653,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73CE

secondary

#D6DFBE

accent

#BB2A97

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73CE

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

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