#8A699D#8A699D

#8A699D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.086 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A699D
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 21%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 33.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 23.20, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 32.79, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.0587 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.086 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6176, 17.9411, 34.2159)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A699D #7C9D69

analogous

#70699D #8A699D #9D6996

triadic

#8A699D #9D8A69 #699D8A

tetradic

#8A699D #9D7069 #7C9D69 #69969D

square

#8A699D #9D7069 #7C9D69 #69969D

split-complementary

#8A699D #969D69 #699D70

monochromatic

#4A3754 #6A4F79 #8A699D #A78EB5 #C4B3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8A699D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8A699D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A699D

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A699D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A699D	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61749F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68769B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88707C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a699d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.086 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad94ba',
    500: '#8a699d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a699d;
$custom-light: #ad94ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a699d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57319,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A699D

secondary

#AEBCA5

accent

#BE6A89

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A699D

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

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