#8E70DB#8E70DB

#8E70DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.158 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E70DB
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 219)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 48.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, 35.52, -50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 62.04, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.0648 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.158 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7324, 22.4530, 69.7715)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E70DB #BDDB70

analogous

#7088DB #8E70DB #C370DB

triadic

#8E70DB #DB8E70 #70DB8E

tetradic

#8E70DB #DB7088 #BDDB70 #70DBC3

square

#8E70DB #DB7088 #BDDB70 #70DBC3

split-complementary

#8E70DB #DBC370 #88DB70

monochromatic

#4D2AA7 #673FCF #8E70DB #B5A1E7 #DBD2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8E70DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8E70DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E70DB

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E70DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E70DB	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4983DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C859B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e70db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.158 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b299e7',
    500: '#8e70db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e70db;
$custom-light: #b299e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e70db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.822,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62228,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E70DB

secondary

#DBE6C1

accent

#C71E98

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E70DB

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

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