#8A65CD#8A65CD

#8A65CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.156 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65CD
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(261, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 50.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 37.17, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 61.35, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.0729 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.156 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1517, 19.1181, 60.0581)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65CD #A8CD65

analogous

#6574CD #8A65CD #BE65CD

triadic

#8A65CD #CD8A65 #65CD8A

tetradic

#8A65CD #CD6574 #A8CD65 #65CDBE

square

#8A65CD #CD6574 #A8CD65 #65CDBE

split-complementary

#8A65CD #CDBE65 #74CD65

monochromatic

#4E2D8B #683CB9 #8A65CD #AD93DC #D0C1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A65CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A65CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65CD

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65CD	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4079D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C798F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.156 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af92dd',
    500: '#8a65cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65cd;
$custom-light: #af92dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5914,
    "c": 0.15579,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65CD

secondary

#CDDBB3

accent

#DA4DA8

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F1FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65CD

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

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