#8A70E6#8A70E6

#8A70E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70E6
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 230)
HSL	hsl(253, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 37.49, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 67.93, 303.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0608 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.172 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5544, 22.7039, 77.6200)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70E6 #CCE670

analogous

#7091E6 #8A70E6 #C570E6

triadic

#8A70E6 #E68A70 #70E68A

tetradic

#8A70E6 #E67091 #CCE670 #70E6C5

square

#8A70E6 #E67091 #CCE670 #70E6C5

split-complementary

#8A70E6 #E6C570 #91E670

monochromatic

#4321BB #5F3CDD #8A70E6 #B5A4EF #DFD8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A70E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A70E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70E6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70E6	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D85EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7188A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b199ee',
    500: '#8a70e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70e6;
$custom-light: #b199ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62539,
    "c": 0.1718,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70E6

secondary

#E3ECC6

accent

#D213A8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70E6

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

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