#8971B2#8971B2

#8971B2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.100 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971B2
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 178)
HSL	hsl(262, 30%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 36.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 23.08, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 38.72, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.0506 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.1 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2558, 20.3429, 44.7595)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971B2 #9AB271

analogous

#717AB2 #8971B2 #AA71B2

triadic

#8971B2 #B28971 #71B289

tetradic

#8971B2 #B2717A #9AB271 #71B2AA

square

#8971B2 #B2717A #9AB271 #71B2AA

split-complementary

#8971B2 #B2AA71 #7AB271

monochromatic

#4E3B6D #6A5195 #8971B2 #AA99C8 #CBC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#8971B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8971B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971B2

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971B2	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.100 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9ac9',
    500: '#8971b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971b2;
$custom-light: #ac9ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.154,
    "s": 29.68,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59726,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971B2

secondary

#C3CDB2

accent

#C662A1

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971B2

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

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