#8A68A5#8A68A5

#8A68A5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.099 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A68A5
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 165)
HSL	hsl(273, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 37%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 37%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 25.60, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 37.73, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.0622 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.099 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2218, 18.0208, 37.8977)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A68A5 #83A568

analogous

#6C68A5 #8A68A5 #A568A1

triadic

#8A68A5 #A58A68 #68A58A

tetradic

#8A68A5 #A56C68 #83A568 #68A1A5

square

#8A68A5 #A56C68 #83A568 #68A1A5

split-complementary

#8A68A5 #A1A568 #68A56C

monochromatic

#4B375C #6B4E82 #8A68A5 #A88EBC #C5B5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A68A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A68A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A68A5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A68A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A68A5	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#5C74A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87717F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a68a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.099 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad93c0',
    500: '#8a68a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a68a5;
$custom-light: #ad93c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a68a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.443,
    "s": 25.311,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57505,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A68A5

secondary

#B3C2A7

accent

#C2668F

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A68A5

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

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