#8979BF#8979BF

#8979BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.105 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979BF
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 191)
HSL	hsl(254, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(254, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 36.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 21.62, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 40.72, 302.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.042 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.105 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5556, 22.7543, 52.2730)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979BF #AFBF79

analogous

#798CBF #8979BF #AC79BF

triadic

#8979BF #BF8979 #79BF89

tetradic

#8979BF #BF798C #AFBF79 #79BFAC

square

#8979BF #BF798C #AFBF79 #79BFAC

split-complementary

#8979BF #BFAC79 #8CBF79

monochromatic

#4D3D80 #6551AA #8979BF #ADA2D3 #D2CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8979BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8979BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979BF

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979BF	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.105 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd2',
    500: '#8979bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979bf;
$custom-light: #ad9fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61898,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979BF

secondary

#D1D7BD

accent

#AE3793

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979BF

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

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