#8976DB#8976DB

#8976DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.148 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8976DB
RGB	rgb(137, 118, 219)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 46.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 30.76, -49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 58.16, 301.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.051 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.148 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5777, 23.3889, 69.9602)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8976DB #C8DB76

analogous

#7695DB #8976DB #BB76DB

triadic

#8976DB #DB8976 #76DB89

tetradic

#8976DB #DB7695 #C8DB76 #76DBBB

square

#8976DB #DB7695 #C8DB76 #76DBBB

split-complementary

#8976DB #DBBB76 #95DB76

monochromatic

#442DAA #5F46CE #8976DB #B3A6E8 #DCD7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8976DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8976DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8976DB

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8976DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8976DB	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5287DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8976db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 118, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.148 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9de7',
    500: '#8976db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8976db;
$custom-light: #af9de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8976db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.287,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62846,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8976DB

secondary

#E1E7C6

accent

#C620A7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8976DB

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

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