#8973DF#8973DF

#8973DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.158 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973DF
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 223)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 48.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 33.60, -52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 62.24, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0553 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.158 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7629, 22.9067, 72.6510)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973DF #C9DF73

analogous

#7393DF #8973DF #BF73DF

triadic

#8973DF #DF8973 #73DF89

tetradic

#8973DF #DF7393 #C9DF73 #73DFBF

square

#8973DF #DF7393 #C9DF73 #73DFBF

split-complementary

#8973DF #DFBF73 #93DF73

monochromatic

#4428AF #5F41D4 #8973DF #B3A5EA #DDD7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8973DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8973DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973DF

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973DF	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4986E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B81DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72899E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.158 290.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973DF

secondary

#E1E9C5

accent

#CB1BA7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973DF

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

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