#8B70BD#8B70BD

#8B70BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B70BD
RGB	rgb(139, 112, 189)
HSL	hsl(261, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 40.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 26.99, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 45.56, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.0568 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.117 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.6248, 20.7513, 50.7896)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B70BD #A2BD70

analogous

#707CBD #8B70BD #B270BD

triadic

#8B70BD #BD8B70 #70BD8B

tetradic

#8B70BD #BD707C #A2BD70 #70BDB2

square

#8B70BD #BD707C #A2BD70 #70BDB2

split-complementary

#8B70BD #BDB270 #7CBD70

monochromatic

#4F387A #6B4CA4 #8B70BD #AD9AD0 #CFC4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8B70BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8B70BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B70BD

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B70BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B70BD	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b70bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 112, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99d1',
    500: '#8b70bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b70bd;
$custom-light: #ae99d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b70bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.039,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60282,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.20751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B70BD

secondary

#C9D4B5

accent

#CD5BA5

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B70BD

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