#8972CA#8972CA

#8972CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.131 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972CA
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 43.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 28.57, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 51.35, 303.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.0539 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.131 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9918, 21.6168, 58.6160)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972CA #B3CA72

analogous

#7287CA #8972CA #B572CA

triadic

#8972CA #CA8972 #72CA89

tetradic

#8972CA #CA7287 #B3CA72 #72CAB5

square

#8972CA #CA7287 #B3CA72 #72CAB5

split-complementary

#8972CA #CAB572 #87CA72

monochromatic

#4C358D #6446B9 #8972CA #AE9EDB #D3CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8972CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8972CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972CA

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972CA	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5781CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.131 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bda',
    500: '#8972ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972ca;
$custom-light: #ae9bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.682,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6116,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972CA

secondary

#D4DCBC

accent

#B92D94

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972CA

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

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