#8974BD#8974BD

#8974BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.110 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974BD
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 189)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(257, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 38.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 24.05, -35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 42.85, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% 0.0487 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.11 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7450, 21.4830, 50.9245)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974BD #A8BD74

analogous

#7484BD #8974BD #AD74BD

triadic

#8974BD #BD8974 #74BD89

tetradic

#8974BD #BD7484 #A8BD74 #74BDAD

square

#8974BD #BD7484 #A8BD74 #74BDAD

split-complementary

#8974BD #BDAD74 #84BD74

monochromatic

#4D3B7C #674EA5 #8974BD #AC9DD1 #CFC7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8974BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8974BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974BD

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974BD	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6080C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.110 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9cd1',
    500: '#8974bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974bd;
$custom-light: #ad9cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.26,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60843,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974BD

secondary

#CCD5B8

accent

#CC5CAC

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974BD

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

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