#8972DF#8972DF

#8972DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.160 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972DF
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 223)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 48.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 34.18, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 62.87, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0565 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.16 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6495, 22.6799, 72.6132)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972DF #C8DF72

analogous

#7291DF #8972DF #C072DF

triadic

#8972DF #DF8972 #72DF89

tetradic

#8972DF #DF7291 #C8DF72 #72DFC0

square

#8972DF #DF7291 #C8DF72 #72DFC0

split-complementary

#8972DF #DFC072 #91DF72

monochromatic

#4428AF #5F40D4 #8972DF #B3A4EA #DCD6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8972DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8972DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972DF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972DF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4885E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A81DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.160 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9be9',
    500: '#8972df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972df;
$custom-light: #af9be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.661,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62369,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972DF

secondary

#E1E8C4

accent

#CB1BA6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972DF

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

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