#8A70BC#8A70BC

#8A70BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.116 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70BC
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 188)
HSL	hsl(261, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 40.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, 26.45, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 44.96, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.0554 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.116 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3504, 20.6223, 50.2121)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70BC #A2BC70

analogous

#707CBC #8A70BC #B070BC

triadic

#8A70BC #BC8A70 #70BC8A

tetradic

#8A70BC #BC707C #A2BC70 #70BCB0

square

#8A70BC #BC707C #A2BC70 #70BCB0

split-complementary

#8A70BC #BCB070 #7CBC70

monochromatic

#4F3979 #6A4CA3 #8A70BC #AC9AD0 #CEC3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A70BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A70BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70BC

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70BC	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)

#5C7DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.116 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99d0',
    500: '#8a70bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70bc;
$custom-light: #ae99d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60136,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70BC

secondary

#C9D3B5

accent

#CC5CA6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70BC

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

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