#8972CC#8972CC

#8972CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.134 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972CC
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 204)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 44.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 29.10, -43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 52.45, 303.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.0542 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.134 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2302, 21.7121, 59.8712)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972CC #B5CC72

analogous

#7288CC #8972CC #B672CC

triadic

#8972CC #CC8972 #72CC89

tetradic

#8972CC #CC7288 #B5CC72 #72CCB6

square

#8972CC #CC7288 #B5CC72 #72CCB6

split-complementary

#8972CC #CCB672 #88CC72

monochromatic

#4B3490 #6345BC #8972CC #AF9FDC #D4CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8972CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#8972CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972CC

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972CC	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5581CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.134 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bdc',
    500: '#8972cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972cc;
$custom-light: #ae9bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6127,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972CC

secondary

#D5DDBC

accent

#BA2B96

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972CC

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

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