#8A70DB#8A70DB

#8A70DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.157 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70DB
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 219)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 48.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 34.51, -51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 61.97, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.0599 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.157 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0582, 22.1054, 69.7399)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70DB #C1DB70

analogous

#708CDB #8A70DB #BF70DB

triadic

#8A70DB #DB8A70 #70DB8A

tetradic

#8A70DB #DB708C #C1DB70 #70DBBF

square

#8A70DB #DB708C #C1DB70 #70DBBF

split-complementary

#8A70DB #DBBF70 #8CDB70

monochromatic

#482AA7 #623FCF #8A70DB #B2A1E7 #DAD2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8A70DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8A70DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70DB

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70DB	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4883DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76859B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.157 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b099e7',
    500: '#8a70db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70db;
$custom-light: #b099e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.579,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70DB

secondary

#DDE6C1

accent

#C71E9E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70DB

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

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