#8973DB#8973DB

#8973DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.153 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973DB
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 47.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 32.52, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 60.06, 302.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0549 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.153 291)
XYZ	xyz(29.2300, 22.6935, 69.8443)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973DB #C5DB73

analogous

#7391DB #8973DB #BD73DB

triadic

#8973DB #DB8973 #73DB89

tetradic

#8973DB #DB7391 #C5DB73 #73DBBD

square

#8973DB #DB7391 #C5DB73 #73DBBD

split-complementary

#8973DB #DBBD73 #91DB73

monochromatic

#462BA8 #6042CE #8973DB #B2A4E8 #DBD4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8973DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8973DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973DB

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973DB	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D85DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.153 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9be7',
    500: '#8973db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973db;
$custom-light: #af9be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.692,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62308,
    "c": 0.15284,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.22694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973DB

secondary

#DFE6C3

accent

#C71FA3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973DB

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

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