#8A689D#8A689D

#8A689D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.088 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A689D
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 21%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(278, 34%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 23.79, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 33.48, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.0602 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.088 313)
XYZ	xyz(21.5163, 17.7386, 34.1822)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A689D #7B9D68

analogous

#6F689D #8A689D #9D6895

triadic

#8A689D #9D8A68 #689D8A

tetradic

#8A689D #9D6F68 #7B9D68 #68959D

square

#8A689D #9D6F68 #7B9D68 #68959D

split-complementary

#8A689D #959D68 #689D6F

monochromatic

#493754 #6A4F79 #8A689D #A78DB5 #C4B2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A689D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8A689D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A689D

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A689D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A689D	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F739F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a689d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.088 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad93ba',
    500: '#8a689d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a689d;
$custom-light: #ad93ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a689d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.491,
    "s": 21.285,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57131,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.17738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A689D

secondary

#ADBCA5

accent

#BE6A88

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A689D

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

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