#8B65B3#8B65B3

#8B65B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.122 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B65B3
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 179)
HSL	hsl(269, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 44%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 43.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 30.96, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 47.34, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.0708 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.122 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4362, 18.0511, 44.8886)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B65B3 #8DB365

analogous

#6566B3 #8B65B3 #B265B3

triadic

#8B65B3 #B38B65 #65B38B

tetradic

#8B65B3 #B36566 #8DB365 #65B3B2

square

#8B65B3 #B36566 #8DB365 #65B3B2

split-complementary

#8B65B3 #B3B265 #66B365

monochromatic

#4E346A #6C4893 #8B65B3 #AA8EC7 #C9B7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8B65B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8B65B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B65B3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B65B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B65B3	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5275B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B76B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b65b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.122 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae91ca',
    500: '#8b65b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b65b3;
$custom-light: #ae91ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b65b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 33.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57771,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B65B3

secondary

#BACAA9

accent

#CA5E95

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F1F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B65B3

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

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