#8971DB#8971DB

#8971DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.156 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971DB
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 219)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 48.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 33.68, -51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 61.32, 303.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0574 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.156 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0044, 22.2424, 69.7691)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971DB #C3DB71

analogous

#718EDB #8971DB #BE71DB

triadic

#8971DB #DB8971 #71DB89

tetradic

#8971DB #DB718E #C3DB71 #71DBBE

square

#8971DB #DB718E #C3DB71 #71DBBE

split-complementary

#8971DB #DBBE71 #8EDB71

monochromatic

#472AA7 #6040CF #8971DB #B2A2E7 #DAD3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8971DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8971DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971DB

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971DB	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4983DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C80D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74869C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.156 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9ae7',
    500: '#8971db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971db;
$custom-light: #af9ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61954,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971DB

secondary

#DEE6C2

accent

#C71EA1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971DB

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

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