#8A65D8#8A65D8

#8A65D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.170 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65D8
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 216)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 53.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 40.03, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 67.26, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.0736 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.17 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5264, 19.6680, 67.2985)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65D8 #B3D865

analogous

#657AD8 #8A65D8 #C365D8

triadic

#8A65D8 #D88A65 #65D88A

tetradic

#8A65D8 #D8657A #B3D865 #65D8C3

square

#8A65D8 #D8657A #B3D865 #65D8C3

split-complementary

#8A65D8 #D8C365 #7AD865

monochromatic

#4D279B #6534CC #8A65D8 #AF96E4 #D4C7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8A65D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8A65D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65D8

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65D8	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E79D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.170 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b092e5',
    500: '#8a65d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65d8;
$custom-light: #b092e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.304,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59817,
    "c": 0.16984,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65D8

secondary

#D4E2B7

accent

#C71E91

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65D8

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

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