#8B73BE#8B73BE

#8B73BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.114 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B73BE
RGBrgb(139, 115, 190)
HSLhsl(259, 37%, 60%)
HSVhsv(259, 39%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(26.8%, 39.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(53.46, 25.48, -36.05)
CIE-LCHlch(53.46, 44.14, 305.25°)
OKLaboklab(60.89% 0.0527 -0.1005)
OKLCHoklch(60.89% 0.114 297.7)
XYZxyz(26.0703, 21.4679, 51.4754)
Luminance0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B73BE #A6BE73
analogous
#7381BE #8B73BE #B073BE
triadic
#8B73BE #BE8B73 #73BE8B
tetradic
#8B73BE #BE7381 #A6BE73 #73BEB0
square
#8B73BE #BE7381 #A6BE73 #73BEB0
split-complementary
#8B73BE #BEB073 #81BE73
monochromatic
#4F3A7D #6A4DA6 #8B73BE #AE9DD1 #D0C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97
#8B73BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29
#8B73BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B73BE
5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B73BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B73BE1.003.975.295.29
#FFFFFF3.971.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2921.001.001.00
##0000005.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F80C1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#637FBC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#81808F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b73be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.114 297.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bd2',
    500: '#8b73be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b73be;
$custom-light: #ae9bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b73be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6089,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B73BE
secondary
#CCD5B8
accent
#CD5BA8
background
#FAF9FC
surface
#F5F2F9
border
#CFCCD2
text
#100E14
muted
#7F7E82

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#8B73BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva