#8972CD#8972CD

#8972CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.135 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972CD
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 29.36, -44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 53.01, 303.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.0543 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.135 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3505, 21.7603, 60.5049)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972CD #B6CD72

analogous

#7288CD #8972CD #B772CD

triadic

#8972CD #CD8972 #72CD89

tetradic

#8972CD #CD7288 #B6CD72 #72CDB7

square

#8972CD #CD7288 #B6CD72 #72CDB7

split-complementary

#8972CD #CDB772 #88CD72

monochromatic

#4B3391 #6345BD #8972CD #AF9FDD #D5CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8972CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8972CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972CD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972CD	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5582D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.135 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bdd',
    500: '#8972cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972cd;
$custom-light: #ae9bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.165,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61326,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972CD

secondary

#D6DEBD

accent

#BB2B96

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972CD

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

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