#8974EF#8974EF

#8974EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.178 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8974EF
RGB	rgb(137, 116, 239)
HSL	hsl(250, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 51.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 37.44, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 70.30, 302.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0553 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.178 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1375, 24.0400, 84.5915)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8974EF #DAEF74

analogous

#749DEF #8974EF #C774EF

triadic

#8974EF #EF8974 #74EF89

tetradic

#8974EF #EF749D #DAEF74 #74EFC7

square

#8974EF #EF749D #DAEF74 #74EFC7

split-complementary

#8974EF #EFC774 #9DEF74

monochromatic

#3818D1 #5A3DE9 #8974EF #B8ABF5 #E6E2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8974EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8974EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8974EF

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8974EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8974EF	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C89F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C83EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8974ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 116, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.178 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19cf5',
    500: '#8974ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8974ef;
$custom-light: #b19cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8974ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63703,
    "c": 0.17789,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8974EF

secondary

#EBF1CE

accent

#DC0AB8

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8974EF

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

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