#8A65C2#8A65C2

#8A65C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.142 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65C2
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 194)
HSL	hsl(264, 43%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(264, 48%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 47.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 34.36, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 55.40, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.0718 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.142 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8703, 18.6056, 53.3095)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65C2 #9DC265

analogous

#656EC2 #8A65C2 #B865C2

triadic

#8A65C2 #C28A65 #65C28A

tetradic

#8A65C2 #C2656E #9DC265 #65C2B8

square

#8A65C2 #C2656E #9DC265 #65C2B8

split-complementary

#8A65C2 #C2B865 #6EC265

monochromatic

#4F317C #6B42A7 #8A65C2 #AB91D3 #CDBDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8A65C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8A65C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65C2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65C2	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4877C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5177C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F768A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.142 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae91d5',
    500: '#8a65c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65c2;
$custom-light: #ae91d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.871,
    "s": 43.256,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58495,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65C2

secondary

#C5D4AF

accent

#D355A1

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F1FA

border

#CFCBD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65C2

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

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