#8972DA#8972DA

#8972DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.153 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972DA
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 218)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 47.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 32.83, -50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 60.14, 303.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.056 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.153 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9854, 22.4142, 69.1153)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972DA #C3DA72

analogous

#728FDA #8972DA #BD72DA

triadic

#8972DA #DA8972 #72DA89

tetradic

#8972DA #DA728F #C3DA72 #72DABD

square

#8972DA #DA728F #C3DA72 #72DABD

split-complementary

#8972DA #DABD72 #8FDA72

monochromatic

#472CA6 #6042CD #8972DA #B2A2E7 #DAD3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8972DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8972DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972DA

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972DA	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C84DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.153 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9be6',
    500: '#8972da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972da;
$custom-light: #af9be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.269,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62072,
    "c": 0.15299,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972DA

secondary

#DEE6C2

accent

#C61FA1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972DA

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

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