#8971BF#8971BF

#8971BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.118 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971BF
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 191)
HSL	hsl(258, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(258, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 40.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 26.32, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 45.92, 304.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.0533 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.118 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6234, 20.8899, 51.9623)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971BF #A7BF71

analogous

#7180BF #8971BF #B071BF

triadic

#8971BF #BF8971 #71BF89

tetradic

#8971BF #BF7180 #A7BF71 #71BFB0

square

#8971BF #BF7180 #A7BF71 #71BFB0

split-complementary

#8971BF #BFB071 #80BF71

monochromatic

#4E387D #684BA7 #8971BF #AC9BD2 #CFC5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8971BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8971BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971BF

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971BF	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.118 296.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60385,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971BF

secondary

#CCD5B7

accent

#CE5AAA

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971BF

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

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