#8973DE#8973DE

#8973DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.157 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973DE
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 222)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 48.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 33.33, -51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 61.70, 302.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.0552 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.157 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6285, 22.8529, 71.9431)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973DE #C8DE73

analogous

#7392DE #8973DE #BE73DE

triadic

#8973DE #DE8973 #73DE89

tetradic

#8973DE #DE7392 #C8DE73 #73DEBE

square

#8973DE #DE7392 #C8DE73 #73DEBE

split-complementary

#8973DE #DEBE73 #92DE73

monochromatic

#4429AE #5F41D2 #8973DE #B3A5EA #DCD6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8973DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8973DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973DE

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973DE	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A85E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.157 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9be9',
    500: '#8973de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973de;
$custom-light: #af9be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.336,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62486,
    "c": 0.15685,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973DE

secondary

#E1E8C5

accent

#CA1CA6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973DE

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

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