#8A51B2#8A51B2

#8A51B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.154 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51B2
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 178)
HSL	hsl(275, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 54.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.95, 41.76, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.95, 59.61, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.0977 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.154 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4580, 14.5028, 43.7798)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51B2 #79B251

analogous

#5951B2 #8A51B2 #B251A9

triadic

#8A51B2 #B28A51 #51B28A

tetradic

#8A51B2 #B25951 #79B251 #51A9B2

square

#8A51B2 #B25951 #79B251 #51A9B2

split-complementary

#8A51B2 #A9B251 #51B259

monochromatic

#492A5F #6A3D89 #8A51B2 #A77BC5 #C3A6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8A51B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8A51B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51B2

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51B2	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3468B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85627A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.154 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84c9',
    500: '#8a51b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51b2;
$custom-light: #af84c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.258,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54294,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51B2

secondary

#ACC59A

accent

#CF598A

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51B2

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

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