#8973E2#8973E2

#8973E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.162 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973E2
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 49.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 34.42, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 63.88, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.0556 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.162 290)
XYZ	xyz(30.1710, 23.0699, 74.8000)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973E2 #CCE273

analogous

#7395E2 #8973E2 #C173E2

triadic

#8973E2 #E28973 #73E289

tetradic

#8973E2 #E27395 #CCE273 #73E2C1

square

#8973E2 #E27395 #CCE273 #73E2C1

split-complementary

#8973E2 #E2C173 #95E273

monochromatic

#4226B5 #5E40D7 #8973E2 #B4A6ED #DED8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8973E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8973E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973E2

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973E2	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4786E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#718AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.162 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bec',
    500: '#8973e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973e2;
$custom-light: #b09bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.892,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62726,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.23071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973E2

secondary

#E3EAC7

accent

#CE18AA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973E2

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

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