#8970BA#8970BA

#8970BA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.113 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8970BA
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 186)
HSL	hsl(260, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(260, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 25.65, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 43.81, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.0538 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.113 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9716, 20.4517, 49.0768)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8970BA #A1BA70

analogous

#707CBA #8970BA #AE70BA

triadic

#8970BA #BA8970 #70BA89

tetradic

#8970BA #BA707C #A1BA70 #70BAAE

square

#8970BA #BA707C #A1BA70 #70BAAE

split-complementary

#8970BA #BAAE70 #7CBA70

monochromatic

#4E3976 #694DA0 #8970BA #AB99CE #CDC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8970BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8970BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8970BA

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8970BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8970BA	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8970ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 112, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.113 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99cf',
    500: '#8970ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8970ba;
$custom-light: #ad99cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8970ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.27,
    "s": 34.906,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59939,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8970BA

secondary

#C8D2B4

accent

#CB5DA6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8970BA

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

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