#8974EB#8974EB

#8974EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.173 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974EB
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 50.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 36.32, -57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 68.14, 302.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0551 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.173 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5531, 23.8062, 81.5137)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974EB #D6EB74

analogous

#749BEB #8974EB #C574EB

triadic

#8974EB #EB8974 #74EB89

tetradic

#8974EB #EB749B #D6EB74 #74EBC5

square

#8974EB #EB749B #D6EB74 #74EBC5

split-complementary

#8974EB #EBC574 #9BEB74

monochromatic

#3B1DC8 #5C3EE3 #8974EB #B6AAF3 #E4DFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8974EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8974EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974EB

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974EB	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4089EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4183E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.173 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09cf2',
    500: '#8974eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974eb;
$custom-light: #b09cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63453,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974EB

secondary

#E9EFCC

accent

#D70FB4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974EB

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

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