#8A73DE#8A73DE

#8A73DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.157 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73DE
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 222)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 48.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 33.58, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 61.71, 302.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.0564 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.157 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7932, 22.9379, 71.9508)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73DE #C7DE73

analogous

#7391DE #8A73DE #BF73DE

triadic

#8A73DE #DE8A73 #73DE8A

tetradic

#8A73DE #DE7391 #C7DE73 #73DEBF

square

#8A73DE #DE7391 #C7DE73 #73DEBF

split-complementary

#8A73DE #DEBF73 #91DE73

monochromatic

#4529AE #6141D2 #8A73DE #B3A5EA #DDD6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A73DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A73DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73DE

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73DE	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B85E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.157 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be9',
    500: '#8a73de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73de;
$custom-light: #b09be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.897,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62573,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73DE

secondary

#E0E8C5

accent

#CA1CA4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73DE

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

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