#8973BF#8973BF

#8973BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.115 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973BF
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 191)
HSL	hsl(257, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(257, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 25.15, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 44.61, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.0505 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.115 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8490, 21.3411, 52.0375)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973BF #A9BF73

analogous

#7383BF #8973BF #AF73BF

triadic

#8973BF #BF8973 #73BF89

tetradic

#8973BF #BF7383 #A9BF73 #73BFAF

square

#8973BF #BF7383 #A9BF73 #73BFAF

split-complementary

#8973BF #BFAF73 #83BF73

monochromatic

#4D3A7E #674DA8 #8973BF #AC9DD2 #D0C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8973BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8973BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973BF

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973BF	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E80C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.115 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9bd2',
    500: '#8973bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973bf;
$custom-light: #ad9bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60758,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973BF

secondary

#CDD6B8

accent

#CD5BAC

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973BF

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

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