#8A51BD#8A51BD

#8A51BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.167 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51BD
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 189)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 57.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 44.35, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 65.32, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.0982 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.167 306)
XYZ	xyz(22.6070, 14.9624, 49.8313)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51BD #84BD51

analogous

#5451BD #8A51BD #BD51BA

triadic

#8A51BD #BD8A51 #51BD8A

tetradic

#8A51BD #BD5451 #84BD51 #51BABD

square

#8A51BD #BD5451 #84BD51 #51BABD

split-complementary

#8A51BD #BABD51 #51BD54

monochromatic

#4C296B #6B3997 #8A51BD #A87DCE #C6AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8A51BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8A51BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51BD

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51BD	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82667F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.167 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84d1',
    500: '#8a51bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51bd;
$custom-light: #af84d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54968,
    "c": 0.16705,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.14962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51BD

secondary

#B4CC9E

accent

#D55390

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51BD

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

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