#8978CD#8978CD

#8978CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.126 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8978CD
RGB	rgb(137, 120, 205)
HSL	hsl(252, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 41.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 25.84, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 49.16, 301.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0462 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.126 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0496, 23.1585, 60.7380)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8978CD #BCCD78

analogous

#7891CD #8978CD #B378CD

triadic

#8978CD #CD8978 #78CD89

tetradic

#8978CD #CD7891 #BCCD78 #78CDB3

square

#8978CD #CD7891 #BCCD78 #78CDB3

split-complementary

#8978CD #CDB378 #91CD78

monochromatic

#493794 #624BBC #8978CD #B0A5DE #D7D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8978CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8978CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8978CD

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8978CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8978CD	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E86D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8978cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 120, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.126 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fdc',
    500: '#8978cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8978cd;
$custom-light: #ae9fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8978cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62433,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8978CD

secondary

#D9DFC1

accent

#B92C9D

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8978CD

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

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