#8973EA#8973EA

#8973EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.173 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973EA
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 36.63, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 68.22, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0562 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.173 289)
XYZ	xyz(31.2944, 23.5193, 80.7168)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973EA #D4EA73

analogous

#7398EA #8973EA #C473EA

triadic

#8973EA #EA8973 #73EA89

tetradic

#8973EA #EA7398 #D4EA73 #73EAC4

square

#8973EA #EA7398 #D4EA73 #73EAC4

split-complementary

#8973EA #EAC473 #98EA73

monochromatic

#3D1EC5 #5C3EE2 #8973EA #B6A8F2 #E3DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8973EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8973EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973EA

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973EA	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F88EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4082E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.173 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bf1',
    500: '#8973ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973ea;
$custom-light: #b09bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.092,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63217,
    "c": 0.17276,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.2352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973EA

secondary

#E8EECA

accent

#D60FB1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973EA

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

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