#8971BD#8971BD

#8971BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.115 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971BD
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 189)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 40.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 25.82, -36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 44.81, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.053 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.115 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4048, 20.8025, 50.8111)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971BD #A5BD71

analogous

#717FBD #8971BD #AF71BD

triadic

#8971BD #BD8971 #71BD89

tetradic

#8971BD #BD717F #A5BD71 #71BDAF

square

#8971BD #BD717F #A5BD71 #71BDAF

split-complementary

#8971BD #BDAF71 #7FBD71

monochromatic

#4E397B #684CA4 #8971BD #AC9BD0 #CEC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8971BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8971BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971BD

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971BD	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.115 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ad1',
    500: '#8971bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971bd;
$custom-light: #ad9ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6028,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971BD

secondary

#CAD4B6

accent

#CD5BA9

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971BD

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

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