#8A698B#8A698B

#8A698B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.065 H 325.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A698B
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 139)
HSL	hsl(298, 14%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 24%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 19.36, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 23.67, 324.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.0532 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.065 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1925, 17.3710, 26.7103)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A698B #6A8B69

analogous

#79698B #8A698B #8B697B

triadic

#8A698B #8B8A69 #698B8A

tetradic

#8A698B #8B7969 #6A8B69 #697B8B

square

#8A698B #8B7969 #6A8B69 #697B8B

split-complementary

#8A698B #7B8B69 #698B79

monochromatic

#453445 #674F68 #8A698B #A68AA7 #C1ADC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8A698B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8A698B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A698B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A698B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A698B	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67718C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E758A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a698b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.065 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac94ad',
    500: '#8a698b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a698b;
$custom-light: #ac94ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a698b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.235,
    "s": 13.934,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56553,
    "c": 0.06464,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A698B

secondary

#A0B09F

accent

#B77173

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F1F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A698B

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

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