#8A698E#8A698E

#8A698E is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.068 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A698E
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 142)
HSL	hsl(294, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 26%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 26.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 19.98, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 25.11, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.0542 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.068 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4147, 17.4599, 27.8806)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A698E #6D8E69

analogous

#77698E #8A698E #8E697F

triadic

#8A698E #8E8A69 #698E8A

tetradic

#8A698E #8E7769 #6D8E69 #697F8E

square

#8A698E #8E7769 #6D8E69 #697F8E

split-complementary

#8A698E #7F8E69 #698E77

monochromatic

#463548 #684F6B #8A698E #A68BA9 #C1AEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8A698E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8A698E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A698E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A698E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A698E	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)

#66728F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a698e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.068 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac94af',
    500: '#8a698e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a698e;
$custom-light: #ac94af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a698e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.514,
    "s": 14.98,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56674,
    "c": 0.06806,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A698E

secondary

#A2B2A0

accent

#B87078

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F1F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A698E

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

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