#8A70B4#8A70B4

#8A70B4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.105 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70B4
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 180)
HSL	hsl(263, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 38%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 24.47, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 40.55, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.0537 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.105 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5118, 20.2868, 45.7956)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70B4 #9AB470

analogous

#7078B4 #8A70B4 #AC70B4

triadic

#8A70B4 #B48A70 #70B48A

tetradic

#8A70B4 #B47078 #9AB470 #70B4AC

square

#8A70B4 #B47078 #9AB470 #70B4AC

split-complementary

#8A70B4 #B4AC70 #78B470

monochromatic

#4F3A6F #6B4F97 #8A70B4 #AB98C9 #CCC0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A70B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8A70B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70B4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70B4	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.105 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99ca',
    500: '#8a70b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70b4;
$custom-light: #ad99ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 31.193,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5973,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70B4

secondary

#C3CEB2

accent

#C760A0

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70B4

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

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