#8A69A5#8A69A5

#8A69A5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.097 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A69A5
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 165)
HSL	hsl(273, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 36%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 36.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 25.02, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 37.06, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0607 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.097 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3231, 18.2233, 37.9315)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A69A5 #84A569

analogous

#6C69A5 #8A69A5 #A569A2

triadic

#8A69A5 #A58A69 #69A58A

tetradic

#8A69A5 #A56C69 #84A569 #69A2A5

square

#8A69A5 #A56C69 #84A569 #69A2A5

split-complementary

#8A69A5 #A2A569 #69A56C

monochromatic

#4C375C #6B4E82 #8A69A5 #A88FBC #C6B5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A69A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8A69A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A69A5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A69A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A69A5	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D75A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87727F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a69a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.097 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad94c0',
    500: '#8a69a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a69a5;
$custom-light: #ad94c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a69a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57691,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A69A5

secondary

#B4C2A8

accent

#C1668F

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A69A5

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

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