#8978BF#8978BF

#8978BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.107 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8978BF
RGB	rgb(137, 120, 191)
HSL	hsl(254, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(254, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 22.21, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 41.36, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.0434 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.107 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4347, 22.5125, 52.2327)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8978BF #AEBF78

analogous

#788ABF #8978BF #AC78BF

triadic

#8978BF #BF8978 #78BF89

tetradic

#8978BF #BF788A #AEBF78 #78BFAC

square

#8978BF #BF788A #AEBF78 #78BFAC

split-complementary

#8978BF #BFAC78 #8ABF78

monochromatic

#4D3D80 #6650A9 #8978BF #ADA2D3 #D2CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8978BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8978BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8978BF

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8978BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8978BF	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6583C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8978bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 120, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.107 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd2',
    500: '#8978bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8978bf;
$custom-light: #ad9fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8978bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.366,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61706,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8978BF

secondary

#D0D7BC

accent

#AF3792

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8978BF

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

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