#8965CD#8965CD

#8965CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.156 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8965CD
RGB	rgb(137, 101, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(261, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 50.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 36.91, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 61.32, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0716 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.156 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9869, 19.0332, 60.0504)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8965CD #A9CD65

analogous

#6575CD #8965CD #BD65CD

triadic

#8965CD #CD8965 #65CD89

tetradic

#8965CD #CD6575 #A9CD65 #65CDBD

square

#8965CD #CD6575 #A9CD65 #65CDBD

split-complementary

#8965CD #CDBD65 #75CD65

monochromatic

#4D2D8B #673CB9 #8965CD #AC93DC #D0C1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8965CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8965CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8965CD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8965CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8965CD	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4878CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A798F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8965cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 101, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.156 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af92dd',
    500: '#8965cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8965cd;
$custom-light: #af92dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8965cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59043,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8965CD

secondary

#CDDBB3

accent

#DA4DAA

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F1FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8965CD

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

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