#8A70A7#8A70A7

#8A70A7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.087 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70A7
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 167)
HSL	hsl(268, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 21.36, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 33.40, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.0506 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.087 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2491, 19.7817, 39.1452)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70A7 #8DA770

analogous

#7071A7 #8A70A7 #A670A7

triadic

#8A70A7 #A78A70 #70A78A

tetradic

#8A70A7 #A77071 #8DA770 #70A7A6

square

#8A70A7 #A77071 #8DA770 #70A7A6

split-complementary

#8A70A7 #A7A670 #71A770

monochromatic

#4D3C61 #6B5387 #8A70A7 #A996BE #C8BCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8A70A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8A70A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70A7

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70A7	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.087 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99c1',
    500: '#8a70a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70a7;
$custom-light: #ad99c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59108,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70A7

secondary

#BAC5AE

accent

#C06896

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70A7

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

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