#8B73BB#8B73BB

#8B73BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.109 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B73BB
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 187)
HSL	hsl(260, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 38.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 24.73, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 42.49, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.0521 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.109 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7458, 21.3381, 49.7664)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B73BB #A3BB73

analogous

#737FBB #8B73BB #AF73BB

triadic

#8B73BB #BB8B73 #73BB8B

tetradic

#8B73BB #BB737F #A3BB73 #73BBAF

square

#8B73BB #BB737F #A3BB73 #73BBAF

split-complementary

#8B73BB #BBAF73 #7FBB73

monochromatic

#4F3B79 #6B4FA2 #8B73BB #AD9CCF #CFC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8B73BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8B73BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B73BB

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B73BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B73BB	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b73bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.109 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bcf',
    500: '#8b73bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b73bb;
$custom-light: #ae9bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b73bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60738,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B73BB

secondary

#CAD3B7

accent

#CB5DA6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B73BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →