#8974DD#8974DD

#8974DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.154 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974DD
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 221)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 47.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 32.47, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 60.52, 302.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0538 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.154 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6095, 23.0288, 71.2775)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974DD #C8DD74

analogous

#7493DD #8974DD #BD74DD

triadic

#8974DD #DD8974 #74DD89

tetradic

#8974DD #DD7493 #C8DD74 #74DDBD

square

#8974DD #DD7493 #C8DD74 #74DDBD

split-complementary

#8974DD #DDBD74 #93DD74

monochromatic

#442AAC #5F43D1 #8974DD #B3A5E9 #DCD6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8974DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8974DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974DD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974DD	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D86E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73899E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.154 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9ce8',
    500: '#8974dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974dd;
$custom-light: #af9ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.15404,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974DD

secondary

#E1E8C5

accent

#C81DA6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974DD

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

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