#8972EC#8972EC

#8972EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.177 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972EC
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 236)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 51.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 37.76, -58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 69.92, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.0575 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.177 289)
XYZ	xyz(31.4699, 23.4080, 82.2007)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972EC #D5EC72

analogous

#7298EC #8972EC #C672EC

triadic

#8972EC #EC8972 #72EC89

tetradic

#8972EC #EC7298 #D5EC72 #72ECC6

square

#8972EC #EC7298 #D5EC72 #72ECC6

split-complementary

#8972EC #ECC672 #98EC72

monochromatic

#3C1BC9 #5C3CE5 #8972EC #B6A8F3 #E3DEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8972EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8972EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972EC

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972EC	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B87F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C82E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C8CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.177 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf3',
    500: '#8972ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972ec;
$custom-light: #b19bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.311,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63171,
    "c": 0.17679,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.23409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972EC

secondary

#E8EFCB

accent

#D80DB2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972EC

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

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