#8972ED#8972ED

#8972ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.178 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972ED
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 51.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 38.03, -59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 70.46, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.0576 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.178 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6156, 23.4663, 82.9680)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972ED #D6ED72

analogous

#7299ED #8972ED #C772ED

triadic

#8972ED #ED8972 #72ED89

tetradic

#8972ED #ED7299 #D6ED72 #72EDC7

square

#8972ED #ED7299 #D6ED72 #72EDC7

split-complementary

#8972ED #EDC772 #99ED72

monochromatic

#3B1ACB #5C3CE6 #8972ED #B6A8F4 #E4DFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8972ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8972ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972ED

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972ED	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A88F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B82EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C8CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.178 288.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.22,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63234,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972ED

secondary

#E9F0CB

accent

#DA0CB3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972ED

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

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