#8974CD#8974CD

#8974CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.132 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974CD
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 43.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 28.19, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 51.72, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.0516 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.132 293)
XYZ	xyz(27.5785, 22.2164, 60.5810)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974CD #B8CD74

analogous

#748BCD #8974CD #B574CD

triadic

#8974CD #CD8974 #74CD89

tetradic

#8974CD #CD748B #B8CD74 #74CDB5

square

#8974CD #CD748B #B8CD74 #74CDB5

split-complementary

#8974CD #CDB574 #8BCD74

monochromatic

#4B3592 #6347BD #8974CD #AFA1DD #D5CEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8974CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8974CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974CD

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974CD	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5883D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.132 293.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.157,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61691,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.22217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974CD

secondary

#D7DEBE

accent

#BA2B99

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974CD

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

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