#8973CD#8973CD

#8973CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.134 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973CD
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 43.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 28.77, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 52.36, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.053 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.134 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4639, 21.9871, 60.5427)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973CD #B7CD73

analogous

#738ACD #8973CD #B673CD

triadic

#8973CD #CD8973 #73CD89

tetradic

#8973CD #CD738A #B7CD73 #73CDB6

square

#8973CD #CD738A #B7CD73 #73CDB6

split-complementary

#8973CD #CDB673 #8ACD73

monochromatic

#4B3492 #6346BD #8973CD #AFA0DD #D5CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8973CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8973CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973CD

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973CD	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5682D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.134 293.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61508,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973CD

secondary

#D6DEBE

accent

#BB2B97

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973CD

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

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