#8973CB#8973CB

#8973CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.131 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973CB
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 203)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(255, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 43.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 28.25, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 51.26, 303.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.0527 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.131 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2240, 21.8911, 59.2794)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973CB #B5CB73

analogous

#7389CB #8973CB #B573CB

triadic

#8973CB #CB8973 #73CB89

tetradic

#8973CB #CB7389 #B5CB73 #73CBB5

square

#8973CB #CB7389 #B5CB73 #73CBB5

split-complementary

#8973CB #CBB573 #89CB73

monochromatic

#4B358F #6346BA #8973CB #AFA0DC #D4CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8973CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8973CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973CB

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973CB	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5782CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.131 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bdb',
    500: '#8973cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973cb;
$custom-light: #ae9bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61398,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973CB

secondary

#D5DDBD

accent

#B92C96

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973CB

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

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