#8A73EE#8A73EE

#8A73EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.178 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A73EE
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 51.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 37.96, -59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 70.38, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0577 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.178 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0403, 23.8367, 83.7851)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A73EE #D7EE73

analogous

#739AEE #8A73EE #C873EE

triadic

#8A73EE #EE8A73 #73EE8A

tetradic

#8A73EE #EE739A #D7EE73 #73EEC8

square

#8A73EE #EE739A #D7EE73 #73EEC8

split-complementary

#8A73EE #EEC873 #9AEE73

monochromatic

#3B19CE #5C3CE7 #8A73EE #B8AAF5 #E5E0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A73EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8A73EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A73EE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A73EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A73EE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a73ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.178 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19cf4',
    500: '#8a73ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a73ee;
$custom-light: #b19cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a73ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.22,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.17796,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A73EE

secondary

#EAF0CD

accent

#DB0BB4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A73EE

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

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