#8A73ED#8A73ED

#8A73ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.177 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73ED
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 51.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 37.69, -58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 69.84, 302.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0576 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.177 289)
XYZ	xyz(31.8938, 23.7781, 83.0135)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73ED #D6ED73

analogous

#7399ED #8A73ED #C773ED

triadic

#8A73ED #ED8A73 #73ED8A

tetradic

#8A73ED #ED7399 #D6ED73 #73EDC7

square

#8A73ED #ED7399 #D6ED73 #73EDC7

split-complementary

#8A73ED #EDC773 #99ED73

monochromatic

#3C1ACB #5D3DE6 #8A73ED #B7A9F4 #E5DFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A73ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8A73ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73ED

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73ED	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C88F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E83EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.177 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19cf3',
    500: '#8a73ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73ed;
$custom-light: #b19cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.311,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.17666,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.23779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73ED

secondary

#E9F0CC

accent

#D90CB3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73ED

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

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