#8E73DB#8E73DB

#8E73DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.153 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E73DB
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 219)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 47.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 33.79, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 60.14, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0609 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.153 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0689, 23.1261, 69.8837)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E73DB #C0DB73

analogous

#738CDB #8E73DB #C273DB

triadic

#8E73DB #DB8E73 #73DB8E

tetradic

#8E73DB #DB738C #C0DB73 #73DBC2

square

#8E73DB #DB738C #C0DB73 #73DBC2

split-complementary

#8E73DB #DBC273 #8CDB73

monochromatic

#4C2BA8 #6742CE #8E73DB #B5A4E8 #DDD4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E73DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8E73DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E73DB

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E73DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E73DB	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E85DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e73db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.153 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29be7',
    500: '#8e73db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e73db;
$custom-light: #b29be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e73db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.577,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62751,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E73DB

secondary

#DDE6C3

accent

#C71F9B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E73DB

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

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