#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
RGBrgb(139, 101, 179)
HSLhsl(269, 34%, 55%)
HSVhsv(269, 44%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(22.3%, 43.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(49.56, 30.96, -35.82)
CIE-LCHlch(49.56, 47.34, 310.83°)
OKLaboklab(57.77% 0.0708 -0.0998)
OKLCHoklch(57.77% 0.122 305.4)
XYZxyz(23.4362, 18.0511, 44.8886)
Luminance0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##8B65B31.004.564.614.61
#FFFFFF4.561.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6121.001.001.00
##0000004.6121.001.001.00

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

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#8B65B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva