#8E65E7#8E65E7

#8E65E7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.189 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E65E7
RGB	rgb(142, 101, 231)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 56.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 44.92, -60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 75.28, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.079 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.189 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2290, 20.8270, 78.0132)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E65E7 #BEE765

analogous

#657DE7 #8E65E7 #CF65E7

triadic

#8E65E7 #E78E65 #65E78E

tetradic

#8E65E7 #E7657D #BEE765 #65E7CF

square

#8E65E7 #E7657D #BEE765 #65E7CF

split-complementary

#8E65E7 #E7CF65 #7DE765

monochromatic

#4D1CB5 #6730DF #8E65E7 #B59AEF #DCCFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8E65E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8E65E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E65E7

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E65E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E65E7	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78819C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e65e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 101, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.189 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b492ef',
    500: '#8e65e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e65e7;
$custom-light: #b492ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e65e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.923,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6116,
    "c": 0.18896,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E65E7

secondary

#DCEABE

accent

#D51097

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E65E7

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

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