#8979D2#8979D2

#8979D2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.132 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979D2
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 210)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 42.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 26.58, -43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 51.29, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.0458 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.132 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7837, 23.6456, 64.0078)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979D2 #C2D279

analogous

#7995D2 #8979D2 #B679D2

triadic

#8979D2 #D28979 #79D289

tetradic

#8979D2 #D27995 #C2D279 #79D2B6

square

#8979D2 #D27995 #C2D279 #79D2B6

split-complementary

#8979D2 #D2B679 #95D279

monochromatic

#47349C #614BC3 #8979D2 #B1A7E1 #DAD5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8979D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8979D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979D2

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979D2	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C87D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.132 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0e0',
    500: '#8979d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979d2;
$custom-light: #aea0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.787,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62891,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979D2

secondary

#DDE3C4

accent

#BD28A2

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979D2

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

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