#8970B3#8970B3

#8970B3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.103 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8970B3
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 179)
HSL	hsl(262, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 23.92, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 39.93, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.0523 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.103 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2456, 20.1613, 45.2533)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8970B3 #9AB370

analogous

#7079B3 #8970B3 #AB70B3

triadic

#8970B3 #B38970 #70B389

tetradic

#8970B3 #B37079 #9AB370 #70B3AB

square

#8970B3 #B37079 #9AB370 #70B3AB

split-complementary

#8970B3 #B3AB70 #79B370

monochromatic

#4E3B6E #6A5096 #8970B3 #AA98C8 #CBC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8970B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#8970B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8970B3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8970B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8970B3	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8970b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 112, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.103 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac99ca',
    500: '#8970b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8970b3;
$custom-light: #ac99ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8970b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 30.594,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59585,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8970B3

secondary

#C3CDB2

accent

#C761A1

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8970B3

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

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