#8972CB#8972CB

#8972CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.133 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972CB
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 43.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, 28.83, -43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 51.90, 303.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.054 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.133 294)
XYZ	xyz(27.1106, 21.6643, 59.2416)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972CB #B4CB72

analogous

#7287CB #8972CB #B672CB

triadic

#8972CB #CB8972 #72CB89

tetradic

#8972CB #CB7287 #B4CB72 #72CBB6

square

#8972CB #CB7287 #B4CB72 #72CBB6

split-complementary

#8972CB #CBB672 #87CB72

monochromatic

#4C348E #6445BB #8972CB #AE9FDB #D4CBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8972CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8972CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972CB

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972CB	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5681CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.133 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bdb',
    500: '#8972cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972cb;
$custom-light: #ae9bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.506,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61215,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.21665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972CB

secondary

#D4DDBC

accent

#B92C95

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972CB

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

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