#8E73DD#8E73DD

#8E73DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.156 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E73DD
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 221)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 48%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 34.32, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 61.23, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.0611 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.156 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3338, 23.2321, 71.2786)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E73DD #C2DD73

analogous

#738DDD #8E73DD #C373DD

triadic

#8E73DD #DD8E73 #73DD8E

tetradic

#8E73DD #DD738D #C2DD73 #73DDC3

square

#8E73DD #DD738D #C2DD73 #73DDC3

split-complementary

#8E73DD #DDC373 #8DDD73

monochromatic

#4B2AAC #6642D1 #8E73DD #B6A4E9 #DDD5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8E73DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8E73DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E73DD

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E73DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E73DD	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D86E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e73dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.156 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29ce8',
    500: '#8e73dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e73dd;
$custom-light: #b29ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e73dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.283,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62867,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E73DD

secondary

#DEE7C4

accent

#C91D9D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E73DD

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

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