#8971CB#8971CB

#8971CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.134 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971CB
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 44.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 29.42, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 52.55, 304.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.0554 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.134 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9984, 21.4400, 59.2042)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971CB #B3CB71

analogous

#7186CB #8971CB #B671CB

triadic

#8971CB #CB8971 #71CB89

tetradic

#8971CB #CB7186 #B3CB71 #71CBB6

square

#8971CB #CB7186 #B3CB71 #71CBB6

split-complementary

#8971CB #CBB671 #86CB71

monochromatic

#4C348E #6444BB #8971CB #AE9EDB #D3CBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8971CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8971CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971CB

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971CB	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5481CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.134 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9adb',
    500: '#8971cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971cb;
$custom-light: #ae9adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 46.392,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61033,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971CB

secondary

#D4DCBB

accent

#BA2C94

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971CB

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

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