#8A70BE#8A70BE

#8A70BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.118 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70BE
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 190)
HSL	hsl(260, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 41.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 26.95, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 46.06, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.0558 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.118 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5675, 20.7091, 51.3555)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70BE #A4BE70

analogous

#707DBE #8A70BE #B170BE

triadic

#8A70BE #BE8A70 #70BE8A

tetradic

#8A70BE #BE707D #A4BE70 #70BEB1

square

#8A70BE #BE707D #A4BE70 #70BEB1

split-complementary

#8A70BE #BEB170 #7DBE70

monochromatic

#4F387B #694BA6 #8A70BE #AC9AD1 #CFC4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A70BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#8A70BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70BE

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70BE	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.118 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99d2',
    500: '#8a70be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70be;
$custom-light: #ae99d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6024,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70BE

secondary

#CAD4B6

accent

#CD5AA7

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70BE

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

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