#8A68AE#8A68AE

#8A68AE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.110 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A68AE
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 174)
HSL	hsl(269, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 40.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 27.71, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 42.59, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.0642 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.11 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0700, 18.3600, 42.3647)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A68AE #8CAE68

analogous

#6869AE #8A68AE #AD68AE

triadic

#8A68AE #AE8A68 #68AE8A

tetradic

#8A68AE #AE6869 #8CAE68 #68AEAD

square

#8A68AE #AE6869 #8CAE68 #68AEAD

split-complementary

#8A68AE #AEAD68 #69AE68

monochromatic

#4D3665 #6B4C8D #8A68AE #A990C3 #C8B8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A68AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8A68AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A68AE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A68AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A68AE	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5876B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6077AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a68ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.110 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad93c6',
    500: '#8a68ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a68ae;
$custom-light: #ad93c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a68ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57949,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A68AE

secondary

#B9C8AA

accent

#C66195

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F1F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A68AE

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

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