#8974CB#8974CB

#8974CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.130 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974CB
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 203)
HSL	hsl(254, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 42.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 27.66, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 50.62, 303.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.0513 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.13 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3387, 22.1204, 59.3176)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974CB #B6CB74

analogous

#748ACB #8974CB #B574CB

triadic

#8974CB #CB8974 #74CB89

tetradic

#8974CB #CB748A #B6CB74 #74CBB5

square

#8974CB #CB748A #B6CB74 #74CBB5

split-complementary

#8974CB #CBB574 #8ACB74

monochromatic

#4B368F #6347BA #8974CB #AFA1DC #D5CDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8974CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8974CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974CB

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974CB	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5983CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.130 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9cdb',
    500: '#8974cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974cb;
$custom-light: #ae9cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 45.55,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61582,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974CB

secondary

#D6DDBE

accent

#B92D97

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974CB

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

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