#8551C8#8551C8

#8551C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.179 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8551C8
RGB	rgb(133, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(266, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 45.84, -54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 70.97, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.0916 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.179 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0381, 15.0414, 56.3219)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8551C8 #94C851

analogous

#5159C8 #8551C8 #C051C8

triadic

#8551C8 #C88551 #51C885

tetradic

#8551C8 #C85159 #94C851 #51C8C0

square

#8551C8 #C85159 #94C851 #51C8C0

split-complementary

#8551C8 #C8C051 #59C851

monochromatic

#4A2679 #6735A7 #8551C8 #A680D7 #C6AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8551C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8551C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8551C8

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8551C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8551C8	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8551c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.179 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad84d9',
    500: '#8551c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8551c8;
$custom-light: #ad84d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8551c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.218,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55137,
    "c": 0.17886,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8551C8

secondary

#BED3A1

accent

#DB4C9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8551C8

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

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