#8973CE#8973CE

#8973CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.135 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973CE
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 44.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 29.04, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 52.92, 303.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.0531 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.135 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5850, 22.0355, 61.1805)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973CE #B8CE73

analogous

#738BCE #8973CE #B673CE

triadic

#8973CE #CE8973 #73CE89

tetradic

#8973CE #CE738B #B8CE73 #73CEB6

square

#8973CE #CE738B #B8CE73 #73CEB6

split-complementary

#8973CE #CEB673 #8BCE73

monochromatic

#4B3393 #6346BE #8973CE #AFA0DE #D5CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8973CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8973CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973CE

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973CE	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5682D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.135 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bdd',
    500: '#8973ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973ce;
$custom-light: #ae9bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.505,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61564,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973CE

secondary

#D7DFBE

accent

#BB2A98

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973CE

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

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