#8E65CD#8E65CD

#8E65CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.156 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E65CD
RGB	rgb(142, 101, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 50.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 38.20, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 61.46, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.0779 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.156 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8259, 19.4657, 60.0897)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E65CD #A4CD65

analogous

#6570CD #8E65CD #C265CD

triadic

#8E65CD #CD8E65 #65CD8E

tetradic

#8E65CD #CD6570 #A4CD65 #65CDC2

square

#8E65CD #CD6570 #A4CD65 #65CDC2

split-complementary

#8E65CD #CDC265 #70CD65

monochromatic

#522D8B #6D3CB9 #8E65CD #B093DC #D2C1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8E65CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8E65CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E65CD

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E65CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E65CD	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C79CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e65cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 101, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.156 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b292dd',
    500: '#8e65cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e65cd;
$custom-light: #b292dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e65cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.654,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59534,
    "c": 0.15642,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E65CD

secondary

#CBDBB3

accent

#DA4DA3

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F1FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E65CD

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

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