#8A51B0#8A51B0

#8A51B0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.152 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51B0
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 176)
HSL	hsl(276, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 54%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 41.29, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 58.57, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.0976 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.152 310)
XYZ	xyz(21.2587, 14.4231, 42.7299)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51B0 #77B051

analogous

#5A51B0 #8A51B0 #B051A6

triadic

#8A51B0 #B08A51 #51B08A

tetradic

#8A51B0 #B05A51 #77B051 #51A6B0

square

#8A51B0 #B05A51 #77B051 #51A6B0

split-complementary

#8A51B0 #A6B051 #51B05A

monochromatic

#482A5D #693D87 #8A51B0 #A67BC3 #C3A5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8A51B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8A51B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51B0

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51B0	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3667B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.152 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae84c8',
    500: '#8a51b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51b0;
$custom-light: #ae84c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54175,
    "c": 0.15189,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.14423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51B0

secondary

#AAC499

accent

#CE5A88

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51B0

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

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