#8979CF#8979CF

#8979CF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.127 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979CF
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 207)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 41.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 25.78, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 49.63, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.0452 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.127 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4134, 23.4975, 62.0578)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979CF #BFCF79

analogous

#7994CF #8979CF #B479CF

triadic

#8979CF #CF8979 #79CF89

tetradic

#8979CF #CF7994 #BFCF79 #79CFB4

square

#8979CF #CF7994 #BFCF79 #79CFB4

split-complementary

#8979CF #CFB479 #94CF79

monochromatic

#483697 #614CBF #8979CF #B1A6DF #D8D3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8979CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8979CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979CF

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979CF	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E87D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.127 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0de',
    500: '#8979cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979cf;
$custom-light: #aea0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 47.253,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62728,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979CF

secondary

#DBE1C3

accent

#BB2BA0

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979CF

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

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