#8A65D9#8A65D9

#8A65D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.171 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65D9
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 217)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 53.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 40.29, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 67.80, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.0736 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.171 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6561, 19.7199, 67.9814)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65D9 #B4D965

analogous

#657AD9 #8A65D9 #C465D9

triadic

#8A65D9 #D98A65 #65D98A

tetradic

#8A65D9 #D9657A #B4D965 #65D9C4

square

#8A65D9 #D9657A #B4D965 #65D9C4

split-complementary

#8A65D9 #D9C465 #7AD965

monochromatic

#4C279D #6534CD #8A65D9 #AF96E5 #D5C7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A65D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A65D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65D9

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65D9	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D79D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.171 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b092e5',
    500: '#8a65d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65d9;
$custom-light: #b092e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.138,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59879,
    "c": 0.17112,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65D9

secondary

#D5E2B8

accent

#C81D92

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65D9

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

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