#8974C8#8974C8

#8974C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.125 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974C8
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(255, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 42%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 26.88, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 48.96, 303.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0508 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.125 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9846, 21.9788, 57.4530)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974C8 #B3C874

analogous

#7489C8 #8974C8 #B374C8

triadic

#8974C8 #C88974 #74C889

tetradic

#8974C8 #C87489 #B3C874 #74C8B3

square

#8974C8 #C87489 #B3C874 #74C8B3

split-complementary

#8974C8 #C8B374 #89C874

monochromatic

#4C378B #6448B7 #8974C8 #AEA0D9 #D3CCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8974C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8974C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974C8

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974C8	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B82CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.125 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9cd9',
    500: '#8974c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974c8;
$custom-light: #ae9cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61419,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974C8

secondary

#D4DBBC

accent

#B62F95

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FA

border

#CECCD3

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974C8

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

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