#8972BF#8972BF

#8972BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.116 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972BF
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 191)
HSL	hsl(258, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(258, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 25.74, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 45.27, 304.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0519 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.116 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7356, 21.1143, 51.9997)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972BF #A8BF72

analogous

#7282BF #8972BF #B072BF

triadic

#8972BF #BF8972 #72BF89

tetradic

#8972BF #BF7282 #A8BF72 #72BFB0

square

#8972BF #BF7282 #A8BF72 #72BFB0

split-complementary

#8972BF #BFB072 #82BF72

monochromatic

#4D397E #674CA8 #8972BF #AC9CD2 #CFC6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8972BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#8972BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972BF

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972BF	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.116 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ad2',
    500: '#8972bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972bf;
$custom-light: #ad9ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.922,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60571,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972BF

secondary

#CCD5B8

accent

#CE5AAB

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972BF

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

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