#8A70BB#8A70BB

#8A70BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.114 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70BB
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 187)
HSL	hsl(261, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 40.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 26.20, -35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 44.41, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.0552 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.114 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2430, 20.5793, 49.6464)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70BB #A1BB70

analogous

#707BBB #8A70BB #AF70BB

triadic

#8A70BB #BB8A70 #70BB8A

tetradic

#8A70BB #BB707B #A1BB70 #70BBAF

square

#8A70BB #BB707B #A1BB70 #70BBAF

split-complementary

#8A70BB #BBAF70 #7BBB70

monochromatic

#4F3978 #6A4DA1 #8A70BB #AC99CF #CEC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A70BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A70BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70BB

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70BB	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.114 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99d0',
    500: '#8a70bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70bb;
$custom-light: #ae99d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.8,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60084,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70BB

secondary

#C8D2B5

accent

#CC5CA5

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70BB

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

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