#8B73CD#8B73CD

#8B73CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.134 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B73CD
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 43.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 29.32, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 52.42, 304.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.0554 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.134 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7949, 22.1577, 60.5583)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B73CD #B5CD73

analogous

#7388CD #8B73CD #B873CD

triadic

#8B73CD #CD8B73 #73CD8B

tetradic

#8B73CD #CD7388 #B5CD73 #73CDB8

square

#8B73CD #CD7388 #B5CD73 #73CDB8

split-complementary

#8B73CD #CDB873 #88CD73

monochromatic

#4D3492 #6646BD #8B73CD #B0A0DD #D6CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8B73CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8B73CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B73CD

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B73CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B73CD	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5782D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b73cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.134 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bdc',
    500: '#8b73cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b73cd;
$custom-light: #af9bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b73cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61688,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B73CD

secondary

#D5DEBE

accent

#BB2B94

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B73CD

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

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