#8973DD#8973DD

#8973DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.156 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973DD
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 221)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 48%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 33.06, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 61.15, 302.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0551 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.156 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4949, 22.7995, 71.2393)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973DD #C7DD73

analogous

#7392DD #8973DD #BE73DD

triadic

#8973DD #DD8973 #73DD89

tetradic

#8973DD #DD7392 #C7DD73 #73DDBE

square

#8973DD #DD7392 #C7DD73 #73DDBE

split-complementary

#8973DD #DDBE73 #92DD73

monochromatic

#452AAC #5F42D1 #8973DD #B3A4E9 #DCD5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8973DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8973DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973DD

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973DD	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B85E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.156 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9be8',
    500: '#8973dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973dd;
$custom-light: #af9be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62426,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973DD

secondary

#E0E7C4

accent

#C91DA5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973DD

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

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