#8972E9#8972E9

#8972E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.173 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972E9
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 36.93, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 68.30, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.0573 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.173 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0377, 23.2352, 79.9245)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972E9 #D2E972

analogous

#7296E9 #8972E9 #C572E9

triadic

#8972E9 #E98972 #72E989

tetradic

#8972E9 #E97296 #D2E972 #72E9C5

square

#8972E9 #E97296 #D2E972 #72E9C5

split-complementary

#8972E9 #E9C572 #96E972

monochromatic

#3E1EC2 #5D3DE1 #8972E9 #B5A7F1 #E2DCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8972E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8972E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972E9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972E9	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E87ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4082E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.173 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bf1',
    500: '#8972e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972e9;
$custom-light: #b09bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.597,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62982,
    "c": 0.17287,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972E9

secondary

#E7EEC9

accent

#D510AF

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972E9

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

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