#8970EA#8970EA

#8970EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.177 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8970EA
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 234)
HSL	hsl(252, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 52.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 38.36, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 70.09, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.0598 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.177 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9579, 22.8462, 80.6046)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8970EA #D1EA70

analogous

#7094EA #8970EA #C670EA

triadic

#8970EA #EA8970 #70EA89

tetradic

#8970EA #EA7094 #D1EA70 #70EAC6

square

#8970EA #EA7094 #D1EA70 #70EAC6

split-complementary

#8970EA #EAC670 #94EA70

monochromatic

#3F1DC3 #5D3BE2 #8970EA #B5A5F2 #E1DBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8970EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8970EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8970EA

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8970EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8970EA	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3886EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B81E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8970ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 112, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.177 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b099f1',
    500: '#8970ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8970ea;
$custom-light: #b099f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8970ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.295,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62703,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8970EA

secondary

#E6EEC8

accent

#D70FAE

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8970EA

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

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