#8E73CA#8E73CA

#8E73CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.130 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E73CA
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 202)
HSL	hsl(259, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 43.1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 29.37, -41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 50.87, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.0586 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.13 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9442, 22.2762, 58.6932)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E73CA #AFCA73

analogous

#7383CA #8E73CA #BA73CA

triadic

#8E73CA #CA8E73 #73CA8E

tetradic

#8E73CA #CA7383 #AFCA73 #73CABA

square

#8E73CA #CA7383 #AFCA73 #73CABA

split-complementary

#8E73CA #CABA73 #83CA73

monochromatic

#51358D #6A47B9 #8E73CA #B29FDB #D6CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8E73CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8E73CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E73CA

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E73CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E73CA	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5982CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e73ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.130 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bda',
    500: '#8e73ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e73ca;
$custom-light: #b19bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e73ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61799,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E73CA

secondary

#D2DCBC

accent

#B82D8D

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E73CA

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

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