#8A65DE#8A65DE

#8A65DE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.177 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65DE
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 222)
HSL	hsl(258, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(258, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 41.62, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 70.48, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0738 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.177 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3163, 19.9840, 71.4585)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65DE #B9DE65

analogous

#657CDE #8A65DE #C665DE

triadic

#8A65DE #DE8A65 #65DE8A

tetradic

#8A65DE #DE657C #B9DE65 #65DEC6

square

#8A65DE #DE657C #B9DE65 #65DEC6

split-complementary

#8A65DE #DEC665 #7CDE65

monochromatic

#4B23A5 #6433D3 #8A65DE #B097E9 #D7CAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8A65DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8A65DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65DE

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65DE	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.177 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b192e9',
    500: '#8a65de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65de;
$custom-light: #b192e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.347,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60198,
    "c": 0.17744,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65DE

secondary

#D8E5BA

accent

#CD1996

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65DE

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

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