#8951C8#8951C8

#8951C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.180 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951C8
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 46.78, -53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 71.02, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.0969 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.18 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6819, 15.3733, 56.3521)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951C8 #90C851

analogous

#5155C8 #8951C8 #C451C8

triadic

#8951C8 #C88951 #51C889

tetradic

#8951C8 #C85155 #90C851 #51C8C4

square

#8951C8 #C85155 #90C851 #51C8C4

split-complementary

#8951C8 #C8C451 #55C851

monochromatic

#4D2679 #6B35A7 #8951C8 #A980D7 #C8AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8951C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8951C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951C8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951C8	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#136CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.180 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84d9',
    500: '#8951c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951c8;
$custom-light: #af84d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55567,
    "c": 0.17965,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951C8

secondary

#BCD3A1

accent

#DB4C98

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951C8

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

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