#8A68B2#8A68B2

#8A68B2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.116 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A68B2
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 178)
HSL	hsl(268, 32%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 42%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 41.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 28.67, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 44.76, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.065 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.116 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4657, 18.5183, 44.4490)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A68B2 #90B268

analogous

#686BB2 #8A68B2 #AF68B2

triadic

#8A68B2 #B28A68 #68B28A

tetradic

#8A68B2 #B2686B #90B268 #68B2AF

square

#8A68B2 #B2686B #90B268 #68B2AF

split-complementary

#8A68B2 #B2AF68 #6BB268

monochromatic

#4E366A #6B4B92 #8A68B2 #A991C7 #C9B9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8A68B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A68B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A68B2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A68B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A68B2	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5676B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E77B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a68b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.116 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad93c9',
    500: '#8a68b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a68b2;
$custom-light: #ad93c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a68b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 32.456,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58154,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A68B2

secondary

#BCCAAB

accent

#C95F98

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F1F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A68B2

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

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