#8976BB#8976BB

#8976BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.104 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8976BB
RGB	rgb(137, 118, 187)
HSL	hsl(257, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(257, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 36.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 22.37, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 40.43, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.0454 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.104 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7625, 21.8628, 49.8667)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8976BB #A8BB76

analogous

#7685BB #8976BB #AC76BB

triadic

#8976BB #BB8976 #76BB89

tetradic

#8976BB #BB7685 #A8BB76 #76BBAC

square

#8976BB #BB7685 #A8BB76 #76BBAC

split-complementary

#8976BB #BBAC76 #85BB76

monochromatic

#4D3D7A #6751A3 #8976BB #AC9FCF #CFC8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8976BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8976BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8976BB

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8976BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8976BB	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6481BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8976bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 118, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.104 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9dcf',
    500: '#8976bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8976bb;
$custom-light: #ad9dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8976bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 33.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61123,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8976BB

secondary

#CCD4B9

accent

#CA5EAC

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8976BB

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

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