#8979CE#8979CE

#8979CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.126 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979CE
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 206)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(251, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 41.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 25.52, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 49.07, 301.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0451 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.126 291)
XYZ	xyz(28.2916, 23.4487, 61.4160)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979CE #BECE79

analogous

#7994CE #8979CE #B479CE

triadic

#8979CE #CE8979 #79CE89

tetradic

#8979CE #CE7994 #BECE79 #79CEB4

square

#8979CE #CE7994 #BECE79 #79CEB4

split-complementary

#8979CE #CEB479 #94CE79

monochromatic

#493796 #624CBE #8979CE #B0A6DE #D8D3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8979CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8979CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979CE

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979CE	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E86D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.126 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0dd',
    500: '#8979ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979ce;
$custom-light: #aea0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.294,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62674,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.23449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979CE

secondary

#DBE0C3

accent

#BA2C9F

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979CE

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

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