#8A70CD#8A70CD

#8A70CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.139 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70CD
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 45.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 30.80, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 54.32, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.0582 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.139 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2921, 21.3989, 60.4383)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70CD #B3CD70

analogous

#7085CD #8A70CD #B970CD

triadic

#8A70CD #CD8A70 #70CD8A

tetradic

#8A70CD #CD7085 #B3CD70 #70CDB9

square

#8A70CD #CD7085 #B3CD70 #70CDB9

split-complementary

#8A70CD #CDB970 #85CD70

monochromatic

#4D3290 #6543BD #8A70CD #AF9DDD #D4CBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A70CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8A70CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70CD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70CD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5280D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.139 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af99dd',
    500: '#8a70cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70cd;
$custom-light: #af99dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.774,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61055,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70CD

secondary

#D4DDBB

accent

#BB2A93

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70CD

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

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