#8972F4#8972F4

#8972F4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.187 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972F4
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 244)
HSL	hsl(251, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 53.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 39.99, -62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 74.22, 302.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.0579 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.187 288)
XYZ	xyz(32.6583, 23.8834, 88.4596)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972F4 #DDF472

analogous

#729CF4 #8972F4 #CA72F4

triadic

#8972F4 #F48972 #72F489

tetradic

#8972F4 #F4729C #DDF472 #72F4CA

square

#8972F4 #F4729C #DDF472 #72F4CA

split-complementary

#8972F4 #F4CA72 #9CF472

monochromatic

#3511DB #5939F0 #8972F4 #B9ABF8 #E7E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8972F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8972F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972F4

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972F4	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3089F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3183F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#688EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.187 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf8',
    500: '#8972f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972f4;
$custom-light: #b19bf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.615,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.18716,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.23885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972F4

secondary

#EDF3CF

accent

#E203BB

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972F4

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

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