#8970CD#8970CD

#8970CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.139 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8970CD
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 45.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 30.53, -44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 54.29, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.057 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.139 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1274, 21.3140, 60.4306)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8970CD #B4CD70

analogous

#7086CD #8970CD #B870CD

triadic

#8970CD #CD8970 #70CD89

tetradic

#8970CD #CD7086 #B4CD70 #70CDB8

square

#8970CD #CD7086 #B4CD70 #70CDB8

split-complementary

#8970CD #CDB870 #86CD70

monochromatic

#4C3290 #6443BD #8970CD #AE9DDD #D4CBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8970CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8970CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8970CD

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8970CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8970CD	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5280D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8970cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 112, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.139 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99dd',
    500: '#8970cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8970cd;
$custom-light: #ae99dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8970cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.129,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60964,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8970CD

secondary

#D4DDBB

accent

#BB2A94

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8970CD

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

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