#8A70B8#8A70B8

#8A70B8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.110 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70B8
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 184)
HSL	hsl(262, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 39.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 25.45, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 42.75, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.0546 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.11 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9252, 20.4522, 47.9726)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70B8 #9EB870

analogous

#707AB8 #8A70B8 #AE70B8

triadic

#8A70B8 #B88A70 #70B88A

tetradic

#8A70B8 #B8707A #9EB870 #70B8AE

square

#8A70B8 #B8707A #9EB870 #70B8AE

split-complementary

#8A70B8 #B8AE70 #7AB870

monochromatic

#4F3A74 #6A4E9D #8A70B8 #AB99CC #CDC2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8A70B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8A70B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70B8

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70B8	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.110 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99cd',
    500: '#8a70b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70b8;
$custom-light: #ad99cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 33.645,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59931,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70B8

secondary

#C6D0B4

accent

#CA5EA3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70B8

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

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