#8A73E4#8A73E4

#8A73E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.165 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73E4
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 228)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 49.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 35.21, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 64.97, 302.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.057 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.165 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6117, 23.2653, 76.2615)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73E4 #CDE473

analogous

#7395E4 #8A73E4 #C273E4

triadic

#8A73E4 #E48A73 #73E48A

tetradic

#8A73E4 #E47395 #CDE473 #73E4C2

square

#8A73E4 #E47395 #CDE473 #73E4C2

split-complementary

#8A73E4 #E4C273 #95E473

monochromatic

#4224B9 #5F40DA #8A73E4 #B5A6EE #E0DAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A73E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A73E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73E4

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73E4	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4587E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.165 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bed',
    500: '#8a73e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73e4;
$custom-light: #b09bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.212,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62933,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73E4

secondary

#E4EBC8

accent

#D016AA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73E4

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

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