#8A73DD#8A73DD

#8A73DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.156 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73DD
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 221)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 48%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 33.31, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 61.16, 302.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.0563 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.156 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6596, 22.8844, 71.2470)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73DD #C6DD73

analogous

#7391DD #8A73DD #BF73DD

triadic

#8A73DD #DD8A73 #73DD8A

tetradic

#8A73DD #DD7391 #C6DD73 #73DDBF

square

#8A73DD #DD7391 #C6DD73 #73DDBF

split-complementary

#8A73DD #DDBF73 #91DD73

monochromatic

#462AAC #6142D1 #8A73DD #B3A4E9 #DCD5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A73DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8A73DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73DD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73DD	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B85E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.156 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be8',
    500: '#8a73dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73dd;
$custom-light: #b09be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.019,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62514,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73DD

secondary

#E0E7C4

accent

#C91DA3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73DD

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

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