#8972DC#8972DC

#8972DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.156 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972DC
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 220)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 48.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 33.37, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 61.24, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0562 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.156 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2486, 22.5195, 70.5019)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972DC #C5DC72

analogous

#7290DC #8972DC #BE72DC

triadic

#8972DC #DC8972 #72DC89

tetradic

#8972DC #DC7290 #C5DC72 #72DCBE

square

#8972DC #DC7290 #C5DC72 #72DCBE

split-complementary

#8972DC #DCBE72 #90DC72

monochromatic

#462AAA #6041D0 #8972DC #B2A3E8 #DBD4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8972DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8972DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972DC

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972DC	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A84E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.156 291.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.019,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6219,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972DC

secondary

#DFE7C3

accent

#C81EA3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972DC

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

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