#8974DC#8974DC

#8974DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.153 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974DC
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 220)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 47.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 32.20, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 59.97, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0537 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.153 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4767, 22.9757, 70.5780)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974DC #C7DC74

analogous

#7493DC #8974DC #BD74DC

triadic

#8974DC #DC8974 #74DC89

tetradic

#8974DC #DC7493 #C7DC74 #74DCBD

square

#8974DC #DC7493 #C7DC74 #74DCBD

split-complementary

#8974DC #DCBD74 #93DC74

monochromatic

#452BAB #5F43D0 #8974DC #B3A5E8 #DCD6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8974DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8974DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974DC

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974DC	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E86E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73899D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.153 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9ce7',
    500: '#8974dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974dc;
$custom-light: #af9ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.115,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.15269,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974DC

secondary

#E0E7C5

accent

#C71EA5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974DC

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

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