#8972DB#8972DB

#8972DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.154 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972DB
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 33.10, -50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 60.69, 303.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.0561 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.154 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1166, 22.4667, 69.8065)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972DB #C4DB72

analogous

#728FDB #8972DB #BE72DB

triadic

#8972DB #DB8972 #72DB89

tetradic

#8972DB #DB728F #C4DB72 #72DBBE

square

#8972DB #DB728F #C4DB72 #72DBBE

split-complementary

#8972DB #DBBE72 #8FDB72

monochromatic

#462BA8 #6041CF #8972DB #B2A3E7 #DBD4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8972DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8972DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972DB

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972DB	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B84DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.154 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9be7',
    500: '#8972db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972db;
$custom-light: #af9be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62131,
    "c": 0.15433,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972DB

secondary

#DEE6C3

accent

#C71FA2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972DB

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

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