#8B73DE#8B73DE

#8B73DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.157 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B73DE
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 222)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 48.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 33.83, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 61.72, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0576 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.157 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9595, 23.0236, 71.9586)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B73DE #C6DE73

analogous

#7390DE #8B73DE #C073DE

triadic

#8B73DE #DE8B73 #73DE8B

tetradic

#8B73DE #DE7390 #C6DE73 #73DEC0

square

#8B73DE #DE7390 #C6DE73 #73DEC0

split-complementary

#8B73DE #DEC073 #90DE73

monochromatic

#4729AE #6241D2 #8B73DE #B4A5EA #DDD6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8B73DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8B73DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B73DE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B73DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B73DE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B86E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b73de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.157 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19be9',
    500: '#8b73de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b73de;
$custom-light: #b19be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b73de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.458,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6266,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B73DE

secondary

#E0E8C5

accent

#CA1CA3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B73DE

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

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