#8970EB#8970EB

#8970EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.178 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8970EB
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 235)
HSL	hsl(252, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 52.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 38.63, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 70.63, 303.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0598 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.178 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1019, 22.9038, 81.3633)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8970EB #D2EB70

analogous

#7094EB #8970EB #C670EB

triadic

#8970EB #EB8970 #70EB89

tetradic

#8970EB #EB7094 #D2EB70 #70EBC6

square

#8970EB #EB7094 #D2EB70 #70EBC6

split-complementary

#8970EB #EBC670 #94EB70

monochromatic

#3E1CC5 #5D3AE3 #8970EB #B5A6F3 #E2DBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8970EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8970EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8970EB

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8970EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8970EB	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3786EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A81E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8970eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 112, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.178 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b199f2',
    500: '#8970eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8970eb;
$custom-light: #b199f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8970eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.195,
    "s": 75.46,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62767,
    "c": 0.17831,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8970EB

secondary

#E7EEC9

accent

#D80EAF

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8970EB

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

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