#8A699E#8A699E

#8A699E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.088 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A699E
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 158)
HSL	hsl(277, 21%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(277, 34%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 23.43, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 33.32, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.0589 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.088 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7033, 17.9754, 34.6674)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A699E #7D9E69

analogous

#70699E #8A699E #9E6998

triadic

#8A699E #9E8A69 #699E8A

tetradic

#8A699E #9E7069 #7D9E69 #69989E

square

#8A699E #9E7069 #7D9E69 #69989E

split-complementary

#8A699E #989E69 #699E70

monochromatic

#4A3755 #6A4F7B #8A699E #A78EB6 #C4B3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8A699E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A699E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A699E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A699E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A699E	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6074A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88707C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a699e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.088 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad94ba',
    500: '#8a699e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a699e;
$custom-light: #ad94ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a699e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.358,
    "s": 21.457,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57364,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A699E

secondary

#AFBDA6

accent

#BE6A8A

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A699E

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

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