#8979CD#8979CD

#8979CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.125 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979CD
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(251, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 25.25, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 48.52, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0449 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.125 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1705, 23.4003, 60.7783)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979CD #BDCD79

analogous

#7993CD #8979CD #B379CD

triadic

#8979CD #CD8979 #79CD89

tetradic

#8979CD #CD7993 #BDCD79 #79CDB3

square

#8979CD #CD7993 #BDCD79 #79CDB3

split-complementary

#8979CD #CDB379 #93CD79

monochromatic

#493794 #624CBC #8979CD #B0A6DE #D7D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8979CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8979CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979CD

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979CD	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F86D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.125 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0dc',
    500: '#8979cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979cd;
$custom-light: #aea0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62621,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979CD

secondary

#DAE0C2

accent

#B92D9E

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979CD

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

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