#8A51BC#8A51BC

#8A51BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.166 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51BC
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(272, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 56.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 44.11, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 64.80, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.0982 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.166 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4989, 14.9192, 49.2616)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51BC #83BC51

analogous

#5551BC #8A51BC #BC51B8

triadic

#8A51BC #BC8A51 #51BC8A

tetradic

#8A51BC #BC5551 #83BC51 #51B8BC

square

#8A51BC #BC5551 #83BC51 #51B8BC

split-complementary

#8A51BC #B8BC51 #51BC55

monochromatic

#4B296A #6B3A96 #8A51BC #A87DCD #C5A9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8A51BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A51BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51BC

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51BC	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.166 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84d1',
    500: '#8a51bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51bc;
$custom-light: #af84d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.963,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54905,
    "c": 0.16589,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51BC

secondary

#B3CC9D

accent

#D45490

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51BC

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

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