#8970BF#8970BF

#8970BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.120 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8970BF
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 191)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 41.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 26.91, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 46.57, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0547 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.12 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5124, 20.6680, 51.9253)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8970BF #A6BF70

analogous

#707FBF #8970BF #B070BF

triadic

#8970BF #BF8970 #70BF89

tetradic

#8970BF #BF707F #A6BF70 #70BFB0

square

#8970BF #BF707F #A6BF70 #70BFB0

split-complementary

#8970BF #BFB070 #7FBF70

monochromatic

#4E387D #684BA7 #8970BF #AC9AD2 #CFC5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8970BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#8970BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8970BF

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8970BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8970BF	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8970bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 112, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.120 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99d2',
    500: '#8970bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8970bf;
$custom-light: #ad99d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8970bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.987,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60199,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8970BF

secondary

#CBD5B6

accent

#CE5AA9

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8970BF

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

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