#8D65E6#8D65E6

#8D65E6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.188 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D65E6
RGB	rgb(141, 101, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 56.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 44.43, -60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 74.75, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.0777 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.188 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9174, 20.6826, 77.2635)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D65E6 #BEE665

analogous

#657DE6 #8D65E6 #CE65E6

triadic

#8D65E6 #E68D65 #65E68D

tetradic

#8D65E6 #E6657D #BEE665 #65E6CE

square

#8D65E6 #E6657D #BEE665 #65E6CE

split-complementary

#8D65E6 #E6CE65 #7DE665

monochromatic

#4C1DB3 #6630DD #8D65E6 #B49AEF #DBCEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8D65E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#8D65E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D65E6

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D65E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D65E6	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77809C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d65e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 101, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.188 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b392ef',
    500: '#8d65e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d65e6;
$custom-light: #b392ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d65e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.605,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61,
    "c": 0.18764,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D65E6

secondary

#DCE9BD

accent

#D41198

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D65E6

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

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