#8979BC#8979BC

#8979BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979BC
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 188)
HSL	hsl(254, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(254, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 20.86, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 39.04, 302.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.0413 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.101 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2288, 22.6236, 50.5521)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979BC #ACBC79

analogous

#798ABC #8979BC #AA79BC

triadic

#8979BC #BC8979 #79BC89

tetradic

#8979BC #BC798A #ACBC79 #79BCAA

square

#8979BC #BC798A #ACBC79 #79BCAA

split-complementary

#8979BC #BCAA79 #8ABC79

monochromatic

#4D3E7C #6653A5 #8979BC #ADA2D0 #D1CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8979BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8979BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979BC

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979BC	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd0',
    500: '#8979bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979bc;
$custom-light: #ad9fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.328,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61749,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979BC

secondary

#CFD5BC

accent

#AC3991

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979BC

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

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