#8A70B1#8A70B1

#8A70B1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.101 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70B1
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 177)
HSL	hsl(264, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 37%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 36.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 23.74, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 38.89, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.053 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.101 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2095, 20.1659, 44.2034)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70B1 #97B170

analogous

#7077B1 #8A70B1 #AB70B1

triadic

#8A70B1 #B18A70 #70B18A

tetradic

#8A70B1 #B17077 #97B170 #70B1AB

square

#8A70B1 #B17077 #97B170 #70B1AB

split-complementary

#8A70B1 #B1AB70 #77B170

monochromatic

#4E3B6C #6B5093 #8A70B1 #AA98C7 #CBBFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8A70B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#8A70B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70B1

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70B1	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#617CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.101 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99c8',
    500: '#8a70b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70b1;
$custom-light: #ad99c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59582,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70B1

secondary

#C1CCB1

accent

#C6629E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70B1

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

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