#8973CF#8973CF

#8973CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.137 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973CF
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 207)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 44.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 29.30, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 53.47, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.0533 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.137 293)
XYZ	xyz(27.7068, 22.0843, 61.8223)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973CF #B9CF73

analogous

#738BCF #8973CF #B773CF

triadic

#8973CF #CF8973 #73CF89

tetradic

#8973CF #CF738B #B9CF73 #73CFB7

square

#8973CF #CF738B #B9CF73 #73CFB7

split-complementary

#8973CF #CFB773 #8BCF73

monochromatic

#4A3395 #6345BF #8973CF #AFA1DF #D6CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8973CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8973CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973CF

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973CF	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5583D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.137 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bde',
    500: '#8973cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973cf;
$custom-light: #ae9bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.348,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6162,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.22085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973CF

secondary

#D7DFBE

accent

#BC2999

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973CF

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

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