#8A69AD#8A69AD

#8A69AD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.107 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A69AD
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 173)
HSL	hsl(269, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 39%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 39.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 26.89, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 41.38, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.0625 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.107 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0741, 18.5237, 41.8869)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A69AD #8CAD69

analogous

#696AAD #8A69AD #AC69AD

triadic

#8A69AD #AD8A69 #69AD8A

tetradic

#8A69AD #AD696A #8CAD69 #69ADAC

square

#8A69AD #AD696A #8CAD69 #69ADAC

split-complementary

#8A69AD #ADAC69 #6AAD69

monochromatic

#4D3765 #6B4D8C #8A69AD #A991C3 #C8B8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8A69AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A69AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A69AD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A69AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A69AD	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A76B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a69ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.107 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad94c5',
    500: '#8a69ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a69ad;
$custom-light: #ad94c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a69ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.118,
    "s": 29.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58081,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A69AD

secondary

#B9C7AB

accent

#C66295

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F1F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A69AD

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

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