#8972EE#8972EE

#8972EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.179 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972EE
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 52.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 38.31, -59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 71.00, 302.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.0576 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.179 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7621, 23.5249, 83.7396)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972EE #D7EE72

analogous

#7299EE #8972EE #C772EE

triadic

#8972EE #EE8972 #72EE89

tetradic

#8972EE #EE7299 #D7EE72 #72EEC7

square

#8972EE #EE7299 #D7EE72 #72EEC7

split-complementary

#8972EE #EEC772 #99EE72

monochromatic

#3A19CD #5B3BE7 #8972EE #B7A9F5 #E4DFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8972EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8972EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972EE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972EE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3888F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A82EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.179 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf4',
    500: '#8972ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972ee;
$custom-light: #b19bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.129,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63297,
    "c": 0.1794,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972EE

secondary

#E9F0CC

accent

#DB0BB4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972EE

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

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