#8E73BF#8E73BF

#8E73BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.115 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E73BF
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 191)
HSL	hsl(261, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 39.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 26.61, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 44.84, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.0566 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.115 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6879, 21.7737, 52.0768)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E73BF #A4BF73

analogous

#737EBF #8E73BF #B473BF

triadic

#8E73BF #BF8E73 #73BF8E

tetradic

#8E73BF #BF737E #A4BF73 #73BFB4

square

#8E73BF #BF737E #A4BF73 #73BFB4

split-complementary

#8E73BF #BFB473 #7EBF73

monochromatic

#523A7E #6D4DA8 #8E73BF #B09DD2 #D2C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8E73BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8E73BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E73BF

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E73BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E73BF	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F80C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e73bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.115 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bd2',
    500: '#8e73bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e73bf;
$custom-light: #b09bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e73bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.316,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61222,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E73BF

secondary

#CBD6B8

accent

#CD5BA4

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E73BF

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

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