#8971CD#8971CD

#8971CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.137 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971CD
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 44.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 29.95, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 53.65, 303.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.0557 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.137 294)
XYZ	xyz(27.2383, 21.5359, 60.4675)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971CD #B5CD71

analogous

#7187CD #8971CD #B771CD

triadic

#8971CD #CD8971 #71CD89

tetradic

#8971CD #CD7187 #B5CD71 #71CDB7

square

#8971CD #CD7187 #B5CD71 #71CDB7

split-complementary

#8971CD #CDB771 #87CD71

monochromatic

#4B3391 #6344BD #8971CD #AF9EDD #D4CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8971CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8971CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971CD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971CD	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5381D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.137 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9add',
    500: '#8971cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971cd;
$custom-light: #ae9add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61145,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.21536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971CD

secondary

#D5DEBC

accent

#BB2A95

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971CD

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

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