#8E699C#8E699C

#8E699C is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.087 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E699C
RGB	rgb(142, 105, 156)
HSL	hsl(284, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 33%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 32.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 24.32, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 32.77, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0633 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.087 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2068, 18.2547, 33.7997)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E699C #779C69

analogous

#74699C #8E699C #9C6990

triadic

#8E699C #9C8E69 #699C8E

tetradic

#8E699C #9C7469 #779C69 #69909C

square

#8E699C #9C7469 #779C69 #69909C

split-complementary

#8E699C #909C69 #699C74

monochromatic

#4C3753 #6D4F78 #8E699C #AA8EB4 #C6B3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8E699C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8E699C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E699C

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E699C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E699C	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#62749E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e699c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 105, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.087 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af94b9',
    500: '#8e699c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e699c;
$custom-light: #af94b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e699c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.529,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57691,
    "c": 0.08725,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E699C

secondary

#ABBCA5

accent

#BD6B81

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F5F1F6

border

#CFCBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E699C

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

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