#8A51C0#8A51C0

#8A51C0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.171 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51C0
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 192)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 57.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 45.07, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 66.87, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.0982 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.171 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9360, 15.0940, 51.5641)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51C0 #87C051

analogous

#5251C0 #8A51C0 #C051BE

triadic

#8A51C0 #C08A51 #51C08A

tetradic

#8A51C0 #C05251 #87C051 #51BEC0

square

#8A51C0 #C05251 #87C051 #51BEC0

split-complementary

#8A51C0 #BEC051 #51C052

monochromatic

#4C286F #6B389B #8A51C0 #A87ED0 #C6ABE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8A51C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#8A51C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51C0

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51C0	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.171 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84d4',
    500: '#8a51c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51c0;
$custom-light: #af84d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55158,
    "c": 0.17055,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51C0

secondary

#B6CE9F

accent

#D65192

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51C0

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

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