#8A70AA#8A70AA

#8A70AA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.091 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70AA
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 170)
HSL	hsl(267, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 22.07, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 35.05, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0513 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.091 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5296, 19.8940, 40.6227)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70AA #90AA70

analogous

#7073AA #8A70AA #A770AA

triadic

#8A70AA #AA8A70 #70AA8A

tetradic

#8A70AA #AA7073 #90AA70 #70AAA7

square

#8A70AA #AA7073 #90AA70 #70AAA7

split-complementary

#8A70AA #AAA770 #73AA70

monochromatic

#4E3B64 #6B528A #8A70AA #A996C1 #C9BDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8A70AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8A70AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70AA

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70AA	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.091 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99c3',
    500: '#8a70aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70aa;
$custom-light: #ad99c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 25.439,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59247,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70AA

secondary

#BCC7AF

accent

#C26699

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70AA

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

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