#8A68A4#8A68A4

#8A68A4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.097 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A68A4
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 164)
HSL	hsl(274, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 37%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 25.37, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 37.20, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.062 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.097 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1312, 17.9845, 37.4202)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A68A4 #82A468

analogous

#6C68A4 #8A68A4 #A468A0

triadic

#8A68A4 #A48A68 #68A48A

tetradic

#8A68A4 #A46C68 #82A468 #68A0A4

square

#8A68A4 #A46C68 #82A468 #68A0A4

split-complementary

#8A68A4 #A0A468 #68A46C

monochromatic

#4B375B #6B4E81 #8A68A4 #A88EBB #C5B4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8A68A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A68A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A68A4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A68A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A68A4	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D74A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87717E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a68a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.097 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad93bf',
    500: '#8a68a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a68a4;
$custom-light: #ad93bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a68a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 24.793,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57457,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A68A4

secondary

#B2C1A7

accent

#C1678E

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A68A4

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

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