#8551E5#8551E5

#8551E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.213 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8551E5
RGB	rgb(133, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 53.29, -67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 86.06, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.0897 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.213 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7544, 16.5279, 75.8941)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8551E5 #B1E551

analogous

#5167E5 #8551E5 #CF51E5

triadic

#8551E5 #E58551 #51E585

tetradic

#8551E5 #E55167 #B1E551 #51E5CF

square

#8551E5 #E55167 #B1E551 #51E5CF

split-complementary

#8551E5 #E5CF51 #67E551

monochromatic

#4918A3 #6120D8 #8551E5 #AA86ED #D0BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8551E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8551E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8551E5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8551E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8551E5	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B7494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8551e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.213 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85ee',
    500: '#8551e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8551e5;
$custom-light: #af85ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8551e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5719,
    "c": 0.21277,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8551E5

secondary

#D1E5AD

accent

#D60F90

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8551E5

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

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