#8970FF#8970FF

#8970FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.204 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8970FF
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 255)
HSL	hsl(250, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(250, 56%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 56.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 44.21, -68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 81.30, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0603 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.204 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1555, 24.1253, 97.4453)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8970FF #E6FF70

analogous

#709EFF #8970FF #D170FF

triadic

#8970FF #FF8970 #70FF89

tetradic

#8970FF #FF709E #E6FF70 #70FFD1

square

#8970FF #FF709E #E6FF70 #70FFD1

split-complementary

#8970FF #FFD170 #9EFF70

monochromatic

#2B00F5 #5733FF #8970FF #BCADFF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8970FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8970FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8970FF

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8970FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8970FF	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C8AFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B83FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6290AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8970ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 112, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.204 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39aff',
    500: '#8970ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8970ff;
$custom-light: #b39aff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8970ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.49,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64082,
    "c": 0.20388,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8970FF

secondary

#F1F7D3

accent

#E600BD

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8970FF

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

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