#8979CC#8979CC

#8979CC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.123 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979CC
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 204)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 40.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 24.99, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 47.96, 301.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.0447 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.123 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0502, 23.3521, 60.1446)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979CC #BCCC79

analogous

#7992CC #8979CC #B279CC

triadic

#8979CC #CC8979 #79CC89

tetradic

#8979CC #CC7992 #BCCC79 #79CCB2

square

#8979CC #CC7992 #BCCC79 #79CCB2

split-complementary

#8979CC #CCB279 #92CC79

monochromatic

#493893 #624DBB #8979CC #B0A5DD #D7D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8979CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8979CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979CC

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979CC	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F86CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.123 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fdc',
    500: '#8979cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979cc;
$custom-light: #ae9fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.566,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62567,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979CC

secondary

#D9DFC2

accent

#B82D9D

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979CC

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

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