#8A70CB#8A70CB

#8A70CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.136 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70CB
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 203)
HSL	hsl(257, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 44.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 30.28, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 53.22, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.058 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.136 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0522, 21.3030, 59.1750)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70CB #B1CB70

analogous

#7084CB #8A70CB #B870CB

triadic

#8A70CB #CB8A70 #70CB8A

tetradic

#8A70CB #CB7084 #B1CB70 #70CBB8

square

#8A70CB #CB7084 #B1CB70 #70CBB8

split-complementary

#8A70CB #CBB870 #84CB70

monochromatic

#4D338D #6644BA #8A70CB #AF9DDB #D3CAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8A70CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8A70CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70CB

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70CB	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5380CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.136 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af99db',
    500: '#8a70cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70cb;
$custom-light: #af99db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60943,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70CB

secondary

#D3DCBB

accent

#BA2C91

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70CB

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

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