#8A65E6#8A65E6

#8A65E6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.187 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65E6
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 230)
HSL	hsl(257, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 56.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 43.75, -60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 74.74, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.0739 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.187 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4140, 20.4231, 77.2399)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65E6 #C1E665

analogous

#6581E6 #8A65E6 #CA65E6

triadic

#8A65E6 #E68A65 #65E68A

tetradic

#8A65E6 #E66581 #C1E665 #65E6CA

square

#8A65E6 #E66581 #C1E665 #65E6CA

split-complementary

#8A65E6 #E6CA65 #81E665

monochromatic

#481DB3 #6230DD #8A65E6 #B29AEF #DACEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8A65E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#8A65E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65E6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65E6	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72819C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.187 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b192ef',
    500: '#8a65e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65e6;
$custom-light: #b192ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.209,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6072,
    "c": 0.18748,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65E6

secondary

#DDE9BD

accent

#D4119C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65E6

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

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