#8973CC#8973CC

#8973CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.133 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973CC
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 204)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 43.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 28.51, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 51.81, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0528 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.133 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3436, 21.9390, 59.9091)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973CC #B6CC73

analogous

#738ACC #8973CC #B573CC

triadic

#8973CC #CC8973 #73CC89

tetradic

#8973CC #CC738A #B6CC73 #73CCB5

square

#8973CC #CC738A #B6CC73 #73CCB5

split-complementary

#8973CC #CCB573 #8ACC73

monochromatic

#4B3490 #6346BC #8973CC #AFA0DC #D5CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8973CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8973CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973CC

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973CC	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5782CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.133 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bdc',
    500: '#8973cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973cc;
$custom-light: #ae9bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.831,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61453,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973CC

secondary

#D6DEBD

accent

#BA2C97

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973CC

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

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