#8978CB#8978CB

#8978CB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8978CB
RGB	rgb(137, 120, 203)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 40.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 25.31, -40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 48.05, 301.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.0459 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.123 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8097, 23.0625, 59.4747)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8978CB #BACB78

analogous

#7890CB #8978CB #B278CB

triadic

#8978CB #CB8978 #78CB89

tetradic

#8978CB #CB7890 #BACB78 #78CBB2

square

#8978CB #CB7890 #BACB78 #78CBB2

split-complementary

#8978CB #CBB278 #90CB78

monochromatic

#4A3891 #624CBA #8978CB #B0A4DC #D6D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8978CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8978CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8978CB

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8978CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8978CB	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F85CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8978cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 120, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fdb',
    500: '#8978cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8978cb;
$custom-light: #ae9fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8978cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.289,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62326,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8978CB

secondary

#D8DEC1

accent

#B82E9B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8978CB

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

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