#8973EE#8973EE

#8973EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.178 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8973EE
RGB	rgb(137, 115, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 51.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 37.74, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 70.38, 302.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.0565 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.178 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8755, 23.7517, 83.7774)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8973EE #D8EE73

analogous

#739BEE #8973EE #C773EE

triadic

#8973EE #EE8973 #73EE89

tetradic

#8973EE #EE739B #D8EE73 #73EEC7

square

#8973EE #EE739B #D8EE73 #73EEC7

split-complementary

#8973EE #EEC773 #9BEE73

monochromatic

#3919CE #5B3CE7 #8973EE #B7AAF5 #E5E0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8973EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8973EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8973EE

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8973EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8973EE	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8973ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 115, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.178 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19cf4',
    500: '#8973ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8973ee;
$custom-light: #b19cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8973ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.732,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63468,
    "c": 0.17799,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8973EE

secondary

#EAF0CD

accent

#DB0BB5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8973EE

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

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