#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
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 190)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 39.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 25.48, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 44.14, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.0527 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.114 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0703, 21.4679, 51.4754)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8B73BE	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B73BE

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

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