#8976CB#8976CB

#8976CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.126 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8976CB
RGB	rgb(137, 118, 203)
HSL	hsl(253, 45%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 41.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 26.49, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 49.33, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0486 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.126 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5717, 22.5865, 59.3953)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8976CB #B8CB76

analogous

#768DCB #8976CB #B476CB

triadic

#8976CB #CB8976 #76CB89

tetradic

#8976CB #CB768D #B8CB76 #76CBB4

square

#8976CB #CB768D #B8CB76 #76CBB4

split-complementary

#8976CB #CBB476 #8DCB76

monochromatic

#4B3790 #634ABA #8976CB #AFA2DC #D5CFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8976CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8976CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8976CB

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8976CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8976CB	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C84CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8976cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 118, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.126 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9ddb',
    500: '#8976cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8976cb;
$custom-light: #ae9ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8976cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.412,
    "s": 44.974,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61952,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8976CB

secondary

#D7DEBF

accent

#B82D99

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8976CB

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

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