#8A51BB#8A51BB

#8A51BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.165 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51BB
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.46, 43.87, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.46, 64.28, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.0981 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.165 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3914, 14.8762, 48.6959)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51BB #82BB51

analogous

#5551BB #8A51BB #BB51B7

triadic

#8A51BB #BB8A51 #51BB8A

tetradic

#8A51BB #BB5551 #82BB51 #51B7BB

square

#8A51BB #BB5551 #82BB51 #51B7BB

split-complementary

#8A51BB #B7BB51 #51BB55

monochromatic

#4B2969 #6B3A95 #8A51BB #A87DCC #C5A9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8A51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A51BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51BB

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51BB	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82657E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.165 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84d0',
    500: '#8a51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51bb;
$custom-light: #af84d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54843,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51BB

secondary

#B2CB9D

accent

#D4548F

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51BB

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

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