#8A65EE#8A65EE

#8A65EE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.197 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65EE
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(256, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 57.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 45.91, -64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 78.97, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0739 -0.1831)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.197 292)
XYZ	xyz(30.5633, 20.8828, 83.2928)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65EE #C9EE65

analogous

#6585EE #8A65EE #CE65EE

triadic

#8A65EE #EE8A65 #65EE8A

tetradic

#8A65EE #EE6585 #C9EE65 #65EECE

square

#8A65EE #EE6585 #C9EE65 #65EECE

split-complementary

#8A65EE #EECE65 #85EE65

monochromatic

#4416C3 #602EE8 #8A65EE #B49CF4 #DED3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8A65EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8A65EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65EE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65EE	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0280F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A7BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E83A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.197 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b292f4',
    500: '#8a65ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65ee;
$custom-light: #b292f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.204,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61257,
    "c": 0.19741,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.20884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65EE

secondary

#E2EEC1

accent

#DC09A3

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F1FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65EE

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

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