#8A70EE#8A70EE

#8A70EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.182 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A70EE
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 52.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 39.69, -60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 72.24, 303.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.0612 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.182 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7037, 23.1636, 83.6729)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A70EE #D4EE70

analogous

#7095EE #8A70EE #C970EE

triadic

#8A70EE #EE8A70 #70EE8A

tetradic

#8A70EE #EE7095 #D4EE70 #70EEC9

square

#8A70EE #EE7095 #D4EE70 #70EEC9

split-complementary

#8A70EE #EEC970 #95EE70

monochromatic

#3D18CB #5D39E7 #8A70EE #B7A7F5 #E4DDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A70EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A70EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A70EE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A70EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A70EE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3487F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3781EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a70ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.182 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b199f4',
    500: '#8a70ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a70ee;
$custom-light: #b199f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a70ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.381,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63044,
    "c": 0.18218,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A70EE

secondary

#E8F0CA

accent

#DB0AB0

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A70EE

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

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