#8970BC#8970BC

#8970BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.115 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8970BC
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 188)
HSL	hsl(260, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 40.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 26.15, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 44.91, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.0542 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.115 298)
XYZ	xyz(25.1857, 20.5373, 50.2044)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8970BC #A3BC70

analogous

#707DBC #8970BC #AF70BC

triadic

#8970BC #BC8970 #70BC89

tetradic

#8970BC #BC707D #A3BC70 #70BCAF

square

#8970BC #BC707D #A3BC70 #70BCAF

split-complementary

#8970BC #BCAF70 #7DBC70

monochromatic

#4E3979 #694CA3 #8970BC #AB9AD0 #CEC3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8970BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8970BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8970BC

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8970BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8970BC	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8970bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 112, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.115 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99d0',
    500: '#8970bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8970bc;
$custom-light: #ad99d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8970bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.737,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60042,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.20538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8970BC

secondary

#C9D3B5

accent

#CC5CA7

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8970BC

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

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