#8F669C
Plum · medium cool purple
About #8F669C
#8F669C is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 40% green and 61% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 39% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Plum and Royal Purple (ΔE 16.0); Royal Purple comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #739C66 — a moss tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use medium tones like #8F669C for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 4.62:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.62:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #8F669C?
#8F669C is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 40% green and 61% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 39% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #8F669C?
Use white text. White on #8F669C has a contrast ratio of 4.62:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #8F669C?
Its complementary colour is #739C66, and analogous partners are #74669C and #9C668E.