#8970CD

Closest named color: Medium Purple (#9370DB). oklch(61% 0.139 294.3), rgb(137, 112, 205).

Black text reads best on this color (5.26:1).

About this color

#8970CD is a medium-dark, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 61%, its chroma 0.139 and its hue 294°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Medium Purple (#9370DB), ΔE 0.027 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.26:1.

Hue family	Purples
Lightness	medium-dark (61%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.139)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Medium Purple (#9370DB)
Black text	5.26:1
White text	3.99:1

Values

HEX	#8970CD
RGB	rgb(137, 112, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 62%)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.139 294.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #8970CD	3.99:1	AA large text	Lc -72.6	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8970CD	5.26:1	AA	Lc 37.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8970CD text on white	3.99:1	AA large text	Lc 67.1	Content text, not long reading
#8970CD text on black	5.26:1	AA	Lc -34.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F6F4FB

oklch(97.1% 0.009 299.2)
Step 100
100

#EAE8F6

oklch(93.7% 0.019 292.6)
Step 200
200

#DAD5F0

oklch(88.5% 0.037 294.1)
Step 300
300

#C3B9E9

oklch(81% 0.068 294.4)
Step 400
400

#A593DE

oklch(70.8% 0.109 294.5)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8970CD

oklch(61% 0.139 294.3)
Step 600
600

#7A5DC1

oklch(55.5% 0.151 294.3)
Step 700
700

#674CA7

oklch(49% 0.141 294.3)
Step 800
800

#543F87

oklch(42.7% 0.116 294.4)
Step 900
900

#45366C

oklch(37.6% 0.09 294.4)
Step 950
950

#28203F

oklch(26.9% 0.057 294.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#8970CD with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#5280D0	0.079
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#567ECB	0.074
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#798195	0.111
Achromatopsia (no color)	#7F7F7F	0.139