#8971E8#8971E8

#8971E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.173 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8971E8
RGB	rgb(137, 113, 232)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 51.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 37.23, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 68.38, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0585 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.173 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7831, 22.9538, 79.1369)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8971E8 #D0E871

analogous

#7194E8 #8971E8 #C571E8

triadic

#8971E8 #E88971 #71E889

tetradic

#8971E8 #E87194 #D0E871 #71E8C5

square

#8971E8 #E87194 #D0E871 #71E8C5

split-complementary

#8971E8 #E8C571 #94E871

monochromatic

#3F1FC0 #5D3CDF #8971E8 #B5A6F1 #E1DAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8971E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8971E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8971E8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8971E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8971E8	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D86EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F81E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8971e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 113, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.173 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09af0',
    500: '#8971e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8971e8;
$custom-light: #b09af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8971e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.101,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62748,
    "c": 0.17298,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8971E8

secondary

#E5EDC8

accent

#D411AD

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8971E8

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

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