#8A699B#8A699B

#8A699B is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.084 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A699B
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 155)
HSL	hsl(280, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(280, 32%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 32.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 22.76, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 31.74, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.0581 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.084 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4482, 17.8733, 33.3240)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A699B #7A9B69

analogous

#71699B #8A699B #9B6993

triadic

#8A699B #9B8A69 #699B8A

tetradic

#8A699B #9B7169 #7A9B69 #69939B

square

#8A699B #9B7169 #7A9B69 #69939B

split-complementary

#8A699B #939B69 #699B71

monochromatic

#493753 #6A5077 #8A699B #A78EB3 #C3B2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8A699B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8A699B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A699B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A699B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A699B	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61739D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a699b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.084 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad94b8',
    500: '#8a699b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a699b;
$custom-light: #ad94b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a699b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57229,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A699B

secondary

#ACBBA5

accent

#BD6B87

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A699B

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

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