#8973EB#8973EB

#8973EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.174 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973EB
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 51.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 36.90, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 68.76, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.0563 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.174 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4385, 23.5769, 81.4755)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973EB #D5EB73

analogous

#7399EB #8973EB #C573EB

triadic

#8973EB #EB8973 #73EB89

tetradic

#8973EB #EB7399 #D5EB73 #73EBC5

square

#8973EB #EB7399 #D5EB73 #73EBC5

split-complementary

#8973EB #EBC573 #99EB73

monochromatic

#3C1CC7 #5C3DE3 #8973EB #B6A9F3 #E3DEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8973EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8973EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973EB

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973EB	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E88EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F82E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.174 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bf2',
    500: '#8973eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973eb;
$custom-light: #b09bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973EB

secondary

#E8EFCB

accent

#D70EB2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973EB

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

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