#8977BF#8977BF

#8977BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.108 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8977BF
RGB	rgb(137, 119, 191)
HSL	hsl(255, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(255, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 37.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 22.80, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 42.01, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.0448 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.108 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3150, 22.2732, 52.1929)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8977BF #ADBF77

analogous

#7789BF #8977BF #AD77BF

triadic

#8977BF #BF8977 #77BF89

tetradic

#8977BF #BF7789 #ADBF77 #77BFAD

square

#8977BF #BF7789 #ADBF77 #77BFAD

split-complementary

#8977BF #BFAD77 #89BF77

monochromatic

#4D3C80 #6650A9 #8977BF #ADA1D3 #D1CAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8977BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8977BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8977BF

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8977BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8977BF	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6383C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8977bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 119, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.108 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ed2',
    500: '#8977bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8977bf;
$custom-light: #ad9ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8977bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61514,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8977BF

secondary

#D0D7BB

accent

#AF3791

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8977BF

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

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