#8A51C2#8A51C2

#8A51C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.173 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51C2
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 194)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 58.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 45.55, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 67.91, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% 0.0983 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.173 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1591, 15.1833, 52.7391)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51C2 #89C251

analogous

#5251C2 #8A51C2 #C251C2

triadic

#8A51C2 #C28A51 #51C28A

tetradic

#8A51C2 #C25251 #89C251 #51C2C2

square

#8A51C2 #C25251 #89C251 #51C2C2

split-complementary

#8A51C2 #C2C251 #51C252

monochromatic

#4D2871 #6B379E #8A51C2 #A87ED2 #C7ACE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8A51C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8A51C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51C2

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51C2	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#206BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.173 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084d5',
    500: '#8a51c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51c2;
$custom-light: #b084d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.265,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55286,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51C2

secondary

#B7D09F

accent

#D85093

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51C2

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

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