#8A73DB#8A73DB

#8A73DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.153 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73DB
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 47.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 32.77, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 60.07, 303.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0561 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.153 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3947, 22.7785, 69.8521)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73DB #C4DB73

analogous

#7390DB #8A73DB #BE73DB

triadic

#8A73DB #DB8A73 #73DB8A

tetradic

#8A73DB #DB7390 #C4DB73 #73DBBE

square

#8A73DB #DB7390 #C4DB73 #73DBBE

split-complementary

#8A73DB #DBBE73 #90DB73

monochromatic

#472BA8 #6142CE #8A73DB #B3A4E8 #DBD4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A73DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A73DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73DB

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73DB	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D85DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.153 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be7',
    500: '#8a73db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73db;
$custom-light: #b09be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.269,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62396,
    "c": 0.15286,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73DB

secondary

#DFE6C3

accent

#C71FA2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73DB

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

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