#8A65BB#8A65BB

#8A65BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.133 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65BB
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 187)
HSL	hsl(266, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 46%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 32.62, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 51.61, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.0708 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.133 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1026, 18.2985, 49.2662)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65BB #96BB65

analogous

#656BBB #8A65BB #B565BB

triadic

#8A65BB #BB8A65 #65BB8A

tetradic

#8A65BB #BB656B #96BB65 #65BBB5

square

#8A65BB #BB656B #96BB65 #65BBB5

split-complementary

#8A65BB #BBB565 #6BBB65

monochromatic

#4E3373 #6B459D #8A65BB #AA8FCE #CBBAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A65BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8A65BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65BB

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65BB	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D76BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5676B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.133 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae91d0',
    500: '#8a65bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65bb;
$custom-light: #ae91d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.814,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58102,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65BB

secondary

#C0D0AC

accent

#CF599C

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F1F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65BB

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

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