#8B65AC#8B65AC

#8B65AC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.113 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B65AC
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 172)
HSL	hsl(272, 30%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 41.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 29.30, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 43.58, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.0695 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.113 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7461, 17.7751, 41.2544)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B65AC #86AC65

analogous

#6765AC #8B65AC #AC65A9

triadic

#8B65AC #AC8B65 #65AC8B

tetradic

#8B65AC #AC6765 #86AC65 #65A9AC

square

#8B65AC #AC6765 #86AC65 #65A9AC

split-complementary

#8B65AC #A9AC65 #65AC67

monochromatic

#4D3562 #6C4A8A #8B65AC #A98DC1 #C7B5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8B65AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8B65AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B65AC

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B65AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B65AC	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5573AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E75AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b65ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.113 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae91c5',
    500: '#8b65ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b65ac;
$custom-light: #ae91c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b65ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 29.958,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57408,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B65AC

secondary

#B5C6A7

accent

#C66290

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B65AC

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

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