#8972EB#8972EB

#8972EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.175 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972EB
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 51.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 37.48, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 69.38, 302.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0575 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.175 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3251, 23.3501, 81.4377)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972EB #D4EB72

analogous

#7297EB #8972EB #C572EB

triadic

#8972EB #EB8972 #72EB89

tetradic

#8972EB #EB7297 #D4EB72 #72EBC5

square

#8972EB #EB7297 #D4EB72 #72EBC5

split-complementary

#8972EB #EBC572 #97EB72

monochromatic

#3D1CC6 #5C3CE3 #8972EB #B6A8F3 #E3DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8972EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8972EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972EB

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972EB	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C87EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D82E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.175 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bf2',
    500: '#8972eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972eb;
$custom-light: #b09bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.405,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63108,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972EB

secondary

#E8EFCA

accent

#D70EB1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972EB

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

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