#8A70B3#8A70B3

#8A70B3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.103 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70B3
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 179)
HSL	hsl(263, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 37%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 37.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 24.22, -31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 39.99, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.0535 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.103 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4103, 20.2462, 45.2610)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70B3 #99B370

analogous

#7077B3 #8A70B3 #AC70B3

triadic

#8A70B3 #B38A70 #70B38A

tetradic

#8A70B3 #B37077 #99B370 #70B3AC

square

#8A70B3 #B37077 #99B370 #70B3AC

split-complementary

#8A70B3 #B3AC70 #77B370

monochromatic

#4F3B6E #6B5096 #8A70B3 #AB98C8 #CBC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8A70B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8A70B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70B3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70B3	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.103 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99ca',
    500: '#8a70b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70b3;
$custom-light: #ad99ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.284,
    "s": 30.594,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59681,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70B3

secondary

#C2CDB2

accent

#C7619F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70B3

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

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