#8972F5#8972F5

#8972F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.188 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972F5
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 245)
HSL	hsl(251, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 53.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 40.27, -62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 74.76, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.0579 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.188 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8106, 23.9443, 89.2614)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972F5 #DEF572

analogous

#729DF5 #8972F5 #CA72F5

triadic

#8972F5 #F58972 #72F589

tetradic

#8972F5 #F5729D #DEF572 #72F5CA

square

#8972F5 #F5729D #DEF572 #72F5CA

split-complementary

#8972F5 #F5CA72 #9DF572

monochromatic

#3410DD #5939F1 #8972F5 #B9ABF9 #E7E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8972F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8972F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972F5

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972F5	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F89F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F83F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#688EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.188 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf9',
    500: '#8972f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972f5;
$custom-light: #b19bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.534,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63748,
    "c": 0.18846,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972F5

secondary

#EDF3CF

accent

#E302BC

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972F5

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

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