#8A65BD#8A65BD

#8A65BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.135 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65BD
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 189)
HSL	hsl(265, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 46.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 33.11, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 52.69, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0711 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.135 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3182, 18.3847, 50.4017)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65BD #98BD65

analogous

#656CBD #8A65BD #B665BD

triadic

#8A65BD #BD8A65 #65BD8A

tetradic

#8A65BD #BD656C #98BD65 #65BDB6

square

#8A65BD #BD656C #98BD65 #65BDB6

split-complementary

#8A65BD #BDB665 #6CBD65

monochromatic

#4E3275 #6B45A0 #8A65BD #AB90CF #CBBBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A65BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8A65BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65BD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65BD	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C76C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5477BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.135 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae91d1',
    500: '#8a65bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65bd;
$custom-light: #ae91d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.227,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58213,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65BD

secondary

#C2D1AD

accent

#D0589D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F1F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65BD

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

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