#8A70B5#8A70B5

#8A70B5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.106 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70B5
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 181)
HSL	hsl(263, 32%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 38%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 38.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 24.71, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 41.10, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.0539 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.106 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6141, 20.3277, 46.3340)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70B5 #9BB570

analogous

#7078B5 #8A70B5 #AD70B5

triadic

#8A70B5 #B58A70 #70B58A

tetradic

#8A70B5 #B57078 #9BB570 #70B5AD

square

#8A70B5 #B57078 #9BB570 #70B5AD

split-complementary

#8A70B5 #B5AD70 #78B570

monochromatic

#4F3A70 #6B4F99 #8A70B5 #AB98CA #CCC1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A70B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8A70B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70B5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70B5	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.106 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99cb',
    500: '#8a70b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70b5;
$custom-light: #ad99cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.609,
    "s": 31.797,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5978,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70B5

secondary

#C4CEB2

accent

#C860A1

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70B5

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

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