#8973DC#8973DC

#8973DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.154 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973DC
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 220)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 47.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 32.79, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 60.60, 302.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.055 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.154 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3621, 22.7464, 70.5397)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973DC #C6DC73

analogous

#7391DC #8973DC #BD73DC

triadic

#8973DC #DC8973 #73DC89

tetradic

#8973DC #DC7391 #C6DC73 #73DCBD

square

#8973DC #DC7391 #C6DC73 #73DCBD

split-complementary

#8973DC #DCBD73 #91DC73

monochromatic

#452BAA #6042D0 #8973DC #B2A4E8 #DCD5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8973DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8973DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973DC

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973DC	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C85E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.154 290.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62367,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973DC

secondary

#E0E7C4

accent

#C81EA4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973DC

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

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