#8A51AC#8A51AC

#8A51AC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.147 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51AC
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 172)
HSL	hsl(278, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 52.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 40.37, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 56.51, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.0973 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.147 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8687, 14.2671, 40.6762)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51AC #73AC51

analogous

#5D51AC #8A51AC #AC51A1

triadic

#8A51AC #AC8A51 #51AC8A

tetradic

#8A51AC #AC5D51 #73AC51 #51A1AC

square

#8A51AC #AC5D51 #73AC51 #51A1AC

split-complementary

#8A51AC #A1AC51 #51AC5D

monochromatic

#472A59 #693D82 #8A51AC #A67AC0 #C2A3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8A51AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8A51AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51AC

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51AC	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3967AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.147 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae84c5',
    500: '#8a51ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51ac;
$custom-light: #ae84c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.582,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53942,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51AC

secondary

#A7C198

accent

#CC5C86

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51AC

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

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