#8972E7#8972E7

#8972E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.170 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972E7
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 231)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 50.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 36.38, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 67.22, 302.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.0572 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.17 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7537, 23.1215, 78.4284)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972E7 #D0E772

analogous

#7295E7 #8972E7 #C472E7

triadic

#8972E7 #E78972 #72E789

tetradic

#8972E7 #E77295 #D0E772 #72E7C4

square

#8972E7 #E77295 #D0E772 #72E7C4

split-complementary

#8972E7 #E7C472 #95E772

monochromatic

#3F20BE #5D3EDE #8972E7 #B5A6F0 #E1DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8972E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8972E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972E7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972E7	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4086EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.170 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bef',
    500: '#8972e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972e7;
$custom-light: #b09bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.795,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62858,
    "c": 0.17025,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972E7

secondary

#E5EDC8

accent

#D313AD

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972E7

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

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