#8972EA#8972EA

#8972EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.174 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972EA
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 234)
HSL	hsl(252, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 51.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 37.20, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 68.84, 302.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.0574 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.174 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1810, 23.2925, 80.6790)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972EA #D3EA72

analogous

#7297EA #8972EA #C572EA

triadic

#8972EA #EA8972 #72EA89

tetradic

#8972EA #EA7297 #D3EA72 #72EAC5

square

#8972EA #EA7297 #D3EA72 #72EAC5

split-complementary

#8972EA #EAC572 #97EA72

monochromatic

#3D1DC4 #5C3DE2 #8972EA #B6A7F2 #E2DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8972EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8972EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972EA

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972EA	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D87EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F82E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.174 289.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63045,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972EA

secondary

#E7EECA

accent

#D60FB0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972EA

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

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