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#8A69BF — Muted Purple

#8A69BF is a purple color we call Muted Purple, closest to the named color SlateBlue (#6A5ACD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: slateblue (#6A5ACD) — not an exact match. CSS slateblue gives you #6A5ACD, a different color; use #8A69BF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#8A69BF is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #9EBF69; it also sits naturally between #6973BF and #B569BF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#8A69BF · RGB 138, 105, 191

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Color values

HEX#8A69BF
RGB138, 105, 191
HSL263°, 40%, 58%
HSV263°, 45%, 75%
CMYK28%, 45%, 0%, 25%
XYZ24.94, 19.27, 51.70
Yxy19.27, 0.2600, 0.2009
CIE-Lab51.00, 31.30, -40.51
Hunter Lab43.90, 27.36, -43.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 54% · Green 41% · Blue 75%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 45% · Yellow 0% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #8A69BF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #8A69BF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #8A69BF

.text { color: #8A69BF; }
.background { background-color: #8A69BF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #8A69BF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(138, 105, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 40%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #8A69BF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(138, 105, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #8A69BF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(138, 105, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#8A69BF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#8A69BF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #8A69BF

#7C57B7#6D48A8#614096#533781#482F6F#3C285D#2E1F47#231736#150E20#09060E

Tints of #8A69BF

#9577C5#A086CB#A990D0#B49FD6#BFADDC#CABBE2#D5C9E8#DED4ED#E9E2F3#F4F1F9

Tones of #8A69BF

#8B6FB8#8D75B3#8E7BAD#9082A6#9188A0#928D9A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9EBF69:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.33:1 AA large only
Against black text4.85:1 AA

Best text color on #8A69BF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #8A69BF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #8A69BF: ·

How #8A69BF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7C7BAADeuteranopia · #7E80A5Tritanopia · #889A96

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Tailwind indigo 500 · #6366F1

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #8A69BF rather than the exact color:

Palette 1c0c5b
#1C0C5B · #3D2C8D · #916BBF · #C996CC
Radiant Ruby Bloom
#8469B9 · #8A5077 · #875740 · #697450
Burning Ruby Bloom
#936CBE · #A17190 · #A46753 · #B2B793
Palette 624e88
#624E88 · #8967B3 · #CB80AB · #E6D9A2
Silent Ruby Harbor
#509160 · #49616D · #8D6EB3 · #AE8A9B
Burning Summit
#84AEA5 · #627BAC · #976BBC · #C187A9

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#916BBF#8469B9#936CBE#8967B3#8D6EB3#976BBC#916DB3#7E60BF#9374C5#7F5EBC#7D71C7#936BCE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #8A69BE  ·  #8A69C0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #8A69BF?

#8A69BF is Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 138, 105, 191). Its closest standard named color is SlateBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #8A69BF?

#8A69BF is RGB 138, 105, 191 — HSL 263°, 40%, 58% — CMYK 28%, 45%, 0%, 25%.

What colors go with #8A69BF?

Its complement is #9EBF69; analogous partners are #6973BF and #B569BF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #8A69BF for text?

Black text on #8A69BF has a contrast ratio of 4.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.33:1.