#8A73D8#8A73D8

#8A73D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.149 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73D8
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 216)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 46.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 31.96, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 58.43, 303.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0557 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.149 292)
XYZ	xyz(29.0034, 22.6219, 67.7908)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73D8 #C1D873

analogous

#738FD8 #8A73D8 #BC73D8

triadic

#8A73D8 #D88A73 #73D88A

tetradic

#8A73D8 #D8738F #C1D873 #73D8BC

square

#8A73D8 #D8738F #C1D873 #73D8BC

split-complementary

#8A73D8 #D8BC73 #8FD873

monochromatic

#482DA3 #6243CB #8A73D8 #B2A3E5 #DAD3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A73D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A73D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73D8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73D8	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F84DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77879B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.149 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9be4',
    500: '#8a73d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73d8;
$custom-light: #af9be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.663,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62221,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.22623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73D8

secondary

#DDE5C2

accent

#C4229F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73D8

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

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