#8A70E2#8A70E2

#8A70E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.167 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70E2
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 226)
HSL	hsl(254, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 50.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 36.40, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 65.77, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0605 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.167 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9992, 22.4818, 74.6956)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70E2 #C8E270

analogous

#708FE2 #8A70E2 #C370E2

triadic

#8A70E2 #E28A70 #70E28A

tetradic

#8A70E2 #E2708F #C8E270 #70E2C3

square

#8A70E2 #E2708F #C8E270 #70E2C3

split-complementary

#8A70E2 #E2C370 #8FE270

monochromatic

#4524B3 #603DD8 #8A70E2 #B4A3EC #DDD6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A70E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8A70E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70E2

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70E2	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4184E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73879F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.167 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b099ec',
    500: '#8a70e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70e2;
$custom-light: #b099ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.684,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62291,
    "c": 0.16657,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70E2

secondary

#E1EAC4

accent

#CE17A4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70E2

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

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