#8976AD#8976AD

#8976AD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.084 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8976AD
RGB	rgb(137, 118, 173)
HSL	hsl(261, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(261, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 31.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 18.93, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 32.62, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.0419 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.084 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3362, 21.2923, 42.3548)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8976AD #9AAD76

analogous

#767FAD #8976AD #A576AD

triadic

#8976AD #AD8976 #76AD89

tetradic

#8976AD #AD767F #9AAD76 #76ADA5

square

#8976AD #AD767F #9AAD76 #76ADA5

split-complementary

#8976AD #ADA576 #7FAD76

monochromatic

#4E3F69 #6A5690 #8976AD #AA9CC4 #CBC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8976AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8976AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8976AD

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8976AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8976AD	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8976ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 118, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.084 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9dc5',
    500: '#8976ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8976ad;
$custom-light: #ac9dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8976ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 25.114,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60452,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8976AD

secondary

#C3CBB4

accent

#C266A2

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8976AD

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

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