#8974DF#8974DF

#8974DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.157 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974DF
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 223)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 48%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 33.02, -52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 61.61, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.054 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.157 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8776, 23.1360, 72.6892)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974DF #CADF74

analogous

#7495DF #8974DF #BF74DF

triadic

#8974DF #DF8974 #74DF89

tetradic

#8974DF #DF7495 #CADF74 #74DFBF

square

#8974DF #DF7495 #CADF74 #74DFBF

split-complementary

#8974DF #DFBF74 #95DF74

monochromatic

#4329B0 #5F42D4 #8974DF #B3A6EA #DDD7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8974DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8974DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974DF

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974DF	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B86E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.157 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9ce9',
    500: '#8974df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974df;
$custom-light: #af9ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.776,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62723,
    "c": 0.15672,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974DF

secondary

#E2E9C6

accent

#CA1BA8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974DF

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

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