#8972CE#8972CE

#8972CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.137 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972CE
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 44.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 29.62, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 53.56, 303.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.0545 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.137 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4716, 21.8087, 61.1427)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972CE #B7CE72

analogous

#7289CE #8972CE #B772CE

triadic

#8972CE #CE8972 #72CE89

tetradic

#8972CE #CE7289 #B7CE72 #72CEB7

square

#8972CE #CE7289 #B7CE72 #72CEB7

split-complementary

#8972CE #CEB772 #89CE72

monochromatic

#4B3393 #6345BE #8972CE #AF9FDE #D5CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8972CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8972CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972CE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972CE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5482D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.137 293.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61382,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972CE

secondary

#D6DFBD

accent

#BC2A97

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972CE

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

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