#8A65C8#8A65C8

#8A65C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.149 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65C8
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 200)
HSL	hsl(262, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 49.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 35.88, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 58.65, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.0724 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.149 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.5578, 18.8806, 56.9302)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65C8 #A3C865

analogous

#6572C8 #8A65C8 #BB65C8

triadic

#8A65C8 #C88A65 #65C88A

tetradic

#8A65C8 #C86572 #A3C865 #65C8BB

square

#8A65C8 #C86572 #A3C865 #65C8BB

split-complementary

#8A65C8 #C8BB65 #72C865

monochromatic

#4F2F84 #6A3FB1 #8A65C8 #AC92D8 #CFBFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A65C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A65C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65C8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65C8	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4478CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D788D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.149 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af92d9',
    500: '#8a65c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65c8;
$custom-light: #af92d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.424,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58843,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.18881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65C8

secondary

#C9D8B1

accent

#D751A5

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F1FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65C8

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

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