#8A65CC#8A65CC

#8A65CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.155 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65CC
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 204)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 50.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 36.91, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 60.81, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.0728 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.155 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0313, 19.0700, 59.4245)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65CC #A7CC65

analogous

#6574CC #8A65CC #BD65CC

triadic

#8A65CC #CC8A65 #65CC8A

tetradic

#8A65CC #CC6574 #A7CC65 #65CCBD

square

#8A65CC #CC6574 #A7CC65 #65CCBD

split-complementary

#8A65CC #CCBD65 #74CC65

monochromatic

#4E2D89 #693DB7 #8A65CC #AD93DB #D0C1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A65CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A65CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65CC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65CC	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4079D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C798F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.155 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af92dc',
    500: '#8a65cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65cc;
$custom-light: #af92dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.553,
    "s": 50.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5908,
    "c": 0.15451,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65CC

secondary

#CCDAB2

accent

#DA4EA8

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F1FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65CC

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

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