#8971E6#8971E6

#8971E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.170 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971E6
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 230)
HSL	hsl(252, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 50.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 36.68, -56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 67.30, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0583 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.17 290)
XYZ	xyz(30.5007, 22.8408, 77.6493)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971E6 #CEE671

analogous

#7193E6 #8971E6 #C471E6

triadic

#8971E6 #E68971 #71E689

tetradic

#8971E6 #E67193 #CEE671 #71E6C4

square

#8971E6 #E67193 #CEE671 #71E6C4

split-complementary

#8971E6 #E6C471 #93E671

monochromatic

#4121BC #5E3DDD #8971E6 #B4A5EF #DFD9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8971E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8971E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971E6

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971E6	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F86EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4181E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F89A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.170 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09aee',
    500: '#8971e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971e6;
$custom-light: #b09aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62623,
    "c": 0.17036,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.22842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971E6

secondary

#E4ECC7

accent

#D213AB

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971E6

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

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