#8974CC#8974CC

#8974CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.131 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974CC
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 204)
HSL	hsl(254, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 43.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 27.92, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 51.17, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.0515 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.131 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4582, 22.1683, 59.9473)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974CC #B7CC74

analogous

#748BCC #8974CC #B574CC

triadic

#8974CC #CC8974 #74CC89

tetradic

#8974CC #CC748B #B7CC74 #74CCB5

square

#8974CC #CC748B #B7CC74 #74CCB5

split-complementary

#8974CC #CCB574 #8BCC74

monochromatic

#4B3591 #6347BC #8974CC #AFA1DC #D5CEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8974CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8974CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974CC

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974CC	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5883CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.131 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9cdc',
    500: '#8974cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974cc;
$custom-light: #ae9cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.318,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61637,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974CC

secondary

#D6DEBE

accent

#BA2C98

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974CC

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

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