#8978CE#8978CE

#8978CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.127 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8978CE
RGB	rgb(137, 120, 206)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 41.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 26.11, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 49.71, 301.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.0464 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.127 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1707, 23.2069, 61.3757)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8978CE #BDCE78

analogous

#7892CE #8978CE #B478CE

triadic

#8978CE #CE8978 #78CE89

tetradic

#8978CE #CE7892 #BDCE78 #78CEB4

square

#8978CE #CE7892 #BDCE78 #78CEB4

split-complementary

#8978CE #CEB478 #92CE78

monochromatic

#493695 #624BBE #8978CE #B0A5DE #D7D2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8978CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8978CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8978CE

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8978CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8978CE	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D86D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8978ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 120, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.127 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fdd',
    500: '#8978ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8978ce;
$custom-light: #ae9fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8978ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.86,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62487,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8978CE

secondary

#DAE0C2

accent

#BA2C9E

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8978CE

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

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