#8978CA#8978CA

#8978CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.122 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8978CA
RGB	rgb(137, 120, 202)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 25.05, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 47.49, 301.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.0457 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.122 292)
XYZ	xyz(27.6909, 23.0150, 58.8491)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8978CA #B9CA78

analogous

#7890CA #8978CA #B278CA

triadic

#8978CA #CA8978 #78CA89

tetradic

#8978CA #CA7890 #B9CA78 #78CAB2

square

#8978CA #CA7890 #B9CA78 #78CAB2

split-complementary

#8978CA #CAB278 #90CA78

monochromatic

#4A388F #634CB9 #8978CA #AFA4DB #D6D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8978CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8978CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8978CA

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8978CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8978CA	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F85CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8978ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 120, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.122 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fda',
    500: '#8978ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8978ca;
$custom-light: #ae9fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8978ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.439,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62273,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.23016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8978CA

secondary

#D7DEC0

accent

#B72F9B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8978CA

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

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