#8A698D#8A698D

#8A698D is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.067 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A698D
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 141)
HSL	hsl(295, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(295, 26%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 25.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 19.77, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 24.63, 323.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0539 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.067 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3400, 17.4300, 27.4870)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A698D #6C8D69

analogous

#78698D #8A698D #8D697E

triadic

#8A698D #8D8A69 #698D8A

tetradic

#8A698D #8D7869 #6C8D69 #697E8D

square

#8A698D #8D7869 #6C8D69 #697E8D

split-complementary

#8A698D #7E8D69 #698D78

monochromatic

#453547 #684F6A #8A698D #A68BA8 #C1AEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8A698D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8A698D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A698D

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A698D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A698D	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66718E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a698d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.067 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac94ae',
    500: '#8a698d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a698d;
$custom-light: #ac94ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a698d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 14.634,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56633,
    "c": 0.06691,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A698D

secondary

#A2B2A0

accent

#B77076

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F1F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A698D

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

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