#8974EE#8974EE

#8974EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.177 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974EE
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 238)
HSL	hsl(250, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 51.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 37.16, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 69.76, 302.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0553 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.177 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9902, 23.9810, 83.8156)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974EE #D9EE74

analogous

#749CEE #8974EE #C674EE

triadic

#8974EE #EE8974 #74EE89

tetradic

#8974EE #EE749C #D9EE74 #74EEC6

square

#8974EE #EE749C #D9EE74 #74EEC6

split-complementary

#8974EE #EEC674 #9CEE74

monochromatic

#3819CE #5B3DE7 #8974EE #B7ABF5 #E6E1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8974EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8974EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974EE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974EE	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.177 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19cf4',
    500: '#8974ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974ee;
$custom-light: #b19cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.328,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6364,
    "c": 0.17658,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974EE

secondary

#EAF0CD

accent

#DA0BB7

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974EE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →