#8A70BF#8A70BF

#8A70BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.120 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70BF
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 191)
HSL	hsl(260, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 41.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 27.20, -37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 46.61, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.056 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.12 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6772, 20.7530, 51.9331)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70BF #A5BF70

analogous

#707EBF #8A70BF #B270BF

triadic

#8A70BF #BF8A70 #70BF8A

tetradic

#8A70BF #BF707E #A5BF70 #70BFB2

square

#8A70BF #BF707E #A5BF70 #70BFB2

split-complementary

#8A70BF #BFB270 #7EBF70

monochromatic

#4F387D #694BA7 #8A70BF #AD9AD2 #CFC5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A70BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8A70BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70BF

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70BF	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.120 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99d2',
    500: '#8a70bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70bf;
$custom-light: #ae99d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.747,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60293,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70BF

secondary

#CBD5B6

accent

#CE5AA8

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70BF

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