#8A65CB#8A65CB

#8A65CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.153 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65CB
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 203)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 50.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 36.65, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 60.27, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.0727 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.153 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9118, 19.0222, 58.7948)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65CB #A6CB65

analogous

#6573CB #8A65CB #BD65CB

triadic

#8A65CB #CB8A65 #65CB8A

tetradic

#8A65CB #CB6573 #A6CB65 #65CBBD

square

#8A65CB #CB6573 #A6CB65 #65CBBD

split-complementary

#8A65CB #CBBD65 #73CB65

monochromatic

#4E2E88 #693DB6 #8A65CB #AD93DA #D0C1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8A65CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A65CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65CB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65CB	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4179CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C788F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.153 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af92db',
    500: '#8a65cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65cb;
$custom-light: #af92db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.765,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59021,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65CB

secondary

#CBDAB2

accent

#D94FA7

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F1FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65CB

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

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