#8971E5#8971E5

#8971E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.169 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971E5
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 229)
HSL	hsl(252, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 50.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 36.40, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 66.76, 303.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0583 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.169 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3606, 22.7848, 76.9118)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971E5 #CDE571

analogous

#7193E5 #8971E5 #C371E5

triadic

#8971E5 #E58971 #71E589

tetradic

#8971E5 #E57193 #CDE571 #71E5C3

square

#8971E5 #E57193 #CDE571 #71E5C3

split-complementary

#8971E5 #E5C371 #93E571

monochromatic

#4122BA #5E3DDC #8971E5 #B4A5EE #DFD8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8971E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8971E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971E5

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971E5	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4085E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4381E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7089A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.169 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09aee',
    500: '#8971e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971e5;
$custom-light: #b09aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62561,
    "c": 0.16905,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971E5

secondary

#E4EBC6

accent

#D114AA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971E5

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

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