#8B70B2#8B70B2

#8B70B2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.102 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B70B2
RGB	rgb(139, 112, 178)
HSL	hsl(265, 30%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 37%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 37.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 24.29, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 39.51, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.0545 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.102 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4758, 20.2917, 44.7381)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B70B2 #97B270

analogous

#7076B2 #8B70B2 #AC70B2

triadic

#8B70B2 #B28B70 #70B28B

tetradic

#8B70B2 #B27076 #97B270 #70B2AC

square

#8B70B2 #B27076 #97B270 #70B2AC

split-complementary

#8B70B2 #B2AC70 #76B270

monochromatic

#4F3B6D #6C5095 #8B70B2 #AB98C7 #CCC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8B70B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8B70B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B70B2

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B70B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B70B2	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b70b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 112, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.102 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99c9',
    500: '#8b70b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b70b2;
$custom-light: #ae99c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b70b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59727,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B70B2

secondary

#C1CCB1

accent

#C6629D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B70B2

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

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