#8A70BD#8A70BD

#8A70BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.117 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70BD
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 189)
HSL	hsl(260, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 40.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 26.70, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 45.51, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.0556 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.117 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4586, 20.6655, 50.7818)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70BD #A3BD70

analogous

#707DBD #8A70BD #B170BD

triadic

#8A70BD #BD8A70 #70BD8A

tetradic

#8A70BD #BD707D #A3BD70 #70BDB1

square

#8A70BD #BD707D #A3BD70 #70BDB1

split-complementary

#8A70BD #BDB170 #7DBD70

monochromatic

#4F387A #6A4CA4 #8A70BD #AC9AD0 #CFC4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8A70BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#8A70BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70BD

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70BD	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.117 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99d1',
    500: '#8a70bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70bd;
$custom-light: #ae99d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.26,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60188,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70BD

secondary

#C9D4B5

accent

#CD5BA6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70BD

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