#8979CA#8979CA

#8979CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979CA
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 202)
HSL	hsl(252, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(252, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 40.1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 24.46, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 46.85, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0443 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.12 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8118, 23.2568, 58.8894)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979CA #BACA79

analogous

#7991CA #8979CA #B179CA

triadic

#8979CA #CA8979 #79CA89

tetradic

#8979CA #CA7991 #BACA79 #79CAB1

square

#8979CA #CA7991 #BACA79 #79CAB1

split-complementary

#8979CA #CAB179 #91CA79

monochromatic

#4A3990 #624DB9 #8979CA #B0A5DB #D6D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8979CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8979CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979CA

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979CA	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6186CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fda',
    500: '#8979ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979ca;
$custom-light: #ad9fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.852,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62461,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979CA

secondary

#D8DEC1

accent

#B62F9C

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979CA

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

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