#8971BC#8971BC

#8971BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.114 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971BC
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 188)
HSL	hsl(259, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 39.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 25.57, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 44.26, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.0528 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.114 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2966, 20.7592, 50.2414)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971BC #A4BC71

analogous

#717FBC #8971BC #AF71BC

triadic

#8971BC #BC8971 #71BC89

tetradic

#8971BC #BC717F #A4BC71 #71BCAF

square

#8971BC #BC717F #A4BC71 #71BCAF

split-complementary

#8971BC #BCAF71 #7FBC71

monochromatic

#4E3979 #684DA3 #8971BC #AC9BD0 #CEC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8971BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8971BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971BC

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971BC	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.114 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ad0',
    500: '#8971bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971bc;
$custom-light: #ad9ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60229,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971BC

secondary

#CAD3B6

accent

#CC5CA8

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971BC

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

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