#8E65EE#8E65EE

#8E65EE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.198 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E65EE
RGB	rgb(142, 101, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 57.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 46.77, -63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 78.97, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.079 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.198 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2375, 21.2304, 83.3244)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E65EE #C5EE65

analogous

#6581EE #8E65EE #D365EE

triadic

#8E65EE #EE8E65 #65EE8E

tetradic

#8E65EE #EE6581 #C5EE65 #65EED3

square

#8E65EE #EE6581 #C5EE65 #65EED3

split-complementary

#8E65EE #EED365 #81EE65

monochromatic

#4916C3 #662EE8 #8E65EE #B69CF4 #DFD3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8E65EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8E65EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E65EE

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E65EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E65EE	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A81F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#237DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7583A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e65ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 101, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.198 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b592f4',
    500: '#8e65ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e65ee;
$custom-light: #b592f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e65ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.956,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61625,
    "c": 0.19755,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E65EE

secondary

#E0EEC1

accent

#DC099D

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F1FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E65EE

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

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