#8971A3#8971A3

#8971A3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.079 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971A3
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 163)
HSL	hsl(269, 21%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 31%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 30.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 19.52, -23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 30.45, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.0467 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.079 306)
XYZ	xyz(22.8312, 19.7731, 37.2570)
Luminance	0.1977 (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

#8971A3 #8BA371

analogous

#7172A3 #8971A3 #A271A3

triadic

#8971A3 #A38971 #71A389

tetradic

#8971A3 #A37172 #8BA371 #71A3A2

square

#8971A3 #A37172 #8BA371 #71A3A2

split-complementary

#8971A3 #A3A271 #72A371

monochromatic

#4C3C5D #6A5482 #8971A3 #A896BB #C7BBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8971A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8971A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971A3

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971A3	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.079 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9abe',
    500: '#8971a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971a3;
$custom-light: #ac9abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 21.368,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59023,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.19773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971A3

secondary

#B8C3AD

accent

#BE6A96

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971A3

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

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