#8A65CE#8A65CE

#8A65CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.157 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65CE
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(261, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 51%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 37.42, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 61.88, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.073 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.157 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2728, 19.1666, 60.6959)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65CE #A9CE65

analogous

#6574CE #8A65CE #BF65CE

triadic

#8A65CE #CE8A65 #65CE8A

tetradic

#8A65CE #CE6574 #A9CE65 #65CEBF

square

#8A65CE #CE6574 #A9CE65 #65CEBF

split-complementary

#8A65CE #CEBF65 #74CE65

monochromatic

#4E2D8C #683BBA #8A65CE #AD93DD #D1C2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A65CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A65CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65CE

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65CE	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4878CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.157 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af92dd',
    500: '#8a65ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65ce;
$custom-light: #af92dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.143,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59201,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65CE

secondary

#CDDCB3

accent

#BF2689

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F1FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65CE

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

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