#8972FF#8972FF

#8972FF is a light, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.201 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8972FF
RGB	rgb(137, 114, 255)
HSL	hsl(250, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(250, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 55.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 43.08, -67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 80.09, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.0582 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.201 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3786, 24.5715, 97.5197)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8972FF #E8FF72

analogous

#72A2FF #8972FF #CF72FF

triadic

#8972FF #FF8972 #72FF89

tetradic

#8972FF #FF72A2 #E8FF72 #72FFCF

square

#8972FF #FF72A2 #E8FF72 #72FFCF

split-complementary

#8972FF #FFCF72 #A2FF72

monochromatic

#2800F7 #5635FF #8972FF #BCAFFF #E5E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8972FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8972FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8972FF

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8972FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8972FF	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A8BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1784FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6291AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8972ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 114, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.201 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29bff',
    500: '#8972ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8972ff;
$custom-light: #b29bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8972ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.787,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64409,
    "c": 0.20123,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8972FF

secondary

#F2F7D4

accent

#E600C0

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8972FF

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

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