#8A51C1#8A51C1

#8A51C1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.172 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51C1
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 193)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 58%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 45.31, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 67.39, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0982 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.172 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0472, 15.1385, 52.1496)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51C1 #88C151

analogous

#5251C1 #8A51C1 #C151C0

triadic

#8A51C1 #C18A51 #51C18A

tetradic

#8A51C1 #C15251 #88C151 #51C0C1

square

#8A51C1 #C15251 #88C151 #51C0C1

split-complementary

#8A51C1 #C0C151 #51C152

monochromatic

#4C2870 #6B389D #8A51C1 #A87ED1 #C7ABE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8A51C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8A51C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51C1

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51C1	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.172 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84d4',
    500: '#8a51c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51c1;
$custom-light: #af84d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.536,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55222,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51C1

secondary

#B6CF9F

accent

#D75193

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51C1

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

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