#8972CF#8972CF

#8972CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.138 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972CF
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 207)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 44.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 29.89, -45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 54.11, 303.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.0546 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.138 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5934, 21.8574, 61.7845)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972CF #B8CF72

analogous

#7289CF #8972CF #B772CF

triadic

#8972CF #CF8972 #72CF89

tetradic

#8972CF #CF7289 #B8CF72 #72CFB7

square

#8972CF #CF7289 #B8CF72 #72CFB7

split-complementary

#8972CF #CFB772 #89CF72

monochromatic

#4B3294 #6344BF #8972CF #AFA0DF #D5CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8972CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8972CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972CF

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972CF	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5382D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.138 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bde',
    500: '#8972cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972cf;
$custom-light: #ae9bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61438,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972CF

secondary

#D7DFBE

accent

#BD2998

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972CF

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

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