#8A69A6#8A69A6

#8A69A6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.098 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A69A6
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 166)
HSL	hsl(272, 26%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 25.25, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 37.59, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.061 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.098 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4145, 18.2598, 38.4127)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A69A6 #85A669

analogous

#6B69A6 #8A69A6 #A669A3

triadic

#8A69A6 #A68A69 #69A68A

tetradic

#8A69A6 #A66B69 #85A669 #69A3A6

square

#8A69A6 #A66B69 #85A669 #69A3A6

split-complementary

#8A69A6 #A3A669 #69A66B

monochromatic

#4C375D #6B4E84 #8A69A6 #A88FBD #C6B6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A69A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A69A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A69A6

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A69A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A69A6	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D75A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a69a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.098 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad94c0',
    500: '#8a69a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a69a6;
$custom-light: #ad94c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a69a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.459,
    "s": 25.523,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57739,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A69A6

secondary

#B4C3A8

accent

#C26690

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A69A6

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

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