#8A69AA#8A69AA

#8A69AA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.103 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A69AA
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 170)
HSL	hsl(270, 28%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 38%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 38.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 26.18, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 39.75, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0619 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.103 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7871, 18.4089, 40.3752)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A69AA #89AA69

analogous

#6A69AA #8A69AA #AA69AA

triadic

#8A69AA #AA8A69 #69AA8A

tetradic

#8A69AA #AA6A69 #89AA69 #69AAAA

square

#8A69AA #AA6A69 #89AA69 #69AAAA

split-complementary

#8A69AA #AAAA69 #69AA6A

monochromatic

#4D3761 #6B4D88 #8A69AA #A890C0 #C7B7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A69AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8A69AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A69AA

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A69AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A69AA	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B76AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6277A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a69aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.103 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad94c3',
    500: '#8a69aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a69aa;
$custom-light: #ad94c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a69aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.462,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57933,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A69AA

secondary

#B7C5AA

accent

#C46493

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F1F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A69AA

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

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