#8A73E1#8A73E1

#8A73E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.161 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73E1
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 225)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 48.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 34.39, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 63.34, 302.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0567 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.161 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1989, 23.1001, 74.0872)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73E1 #CAE173

analogous

#7393E1 #8A73E1 #C173E1

triadic

#8A73E1 #E18A73 #73E18A

tetradic

#8A73E1 #E17393 #CAE173 #73E1C1

square

#8A73E1 #E17393 #CAE173 #73E1C1

split-complementary

#8A73E1 #E1C173 #93E173

monochromatic

#4426B3 #6041D6 #8A73E1 #B4A5EC #DED8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A73E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A73E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73E1

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73E1	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4886E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.161 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09beb',
    500: '#8a73e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73e1;
$custom-light: #b09beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62752,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73E1

secondary

#E2EAC6

accent

#CD19A7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73E1

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

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