#8971BE#8971BE

#8971BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971BE
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 190)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 40.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 26.07, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 45.36, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.0531 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.117 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5137, 20.8461, 51.3847)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971BE #A6BE71

analogous

#7180BE #8971BE #B071BE

triadic

#8971BE #BE8971 #71BE89

tetradic

#8971BE #BE7180 #A6BE71 #71BEB0

square

#8971BE #BE7180 #A6BE71 #71BEB0

split-complementary

#8971BE #BEB071 #80BE71

monochromatic

#4E397C #684CA6 #8971BE #AC9BD1 #CFC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8971BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8971BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971BE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971BE	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ad2',
    500: '#8971be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971be;
$custom-light: #ad9ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.701,
    "s": 37.198,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60332,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971BE

secondary

#CBD4B6

accent

#CD5BA9

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971BE

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

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