#8A70B0#8A70B0

#8A70B0 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.099 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70B0
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 176)
HSL	hsl(264, 29%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 36.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 23.50, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 38.34, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.0528 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.099 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1102, 20.1262, 43.6804)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70B0 #96B070

analogous

#7076B0 #8A70B0 #AA70B0

triadic

#8A70B0 #B08A70 #70B08A

tetradic

#8A70B0 #B07076 #96B070 #70B0AA

square

#8A70B0 #B07076 #96B070 #70B0AA

split-complementary

#8A70B0 #B0AA70 #76B070

monochromatic

#4E3B6B #6B5192 #8A70B0 #AA97C6 #CBBFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#8A70B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#8A70B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70B0

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70B0	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.099 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99c8',
    500: '#8a70b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70b0;
$custom-light: #ad99c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 28.829,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59534,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70B0

secondary

#C0CBB1

accent

#C5639D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70B0

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

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