#8A51C8#8A51C8

#8A51C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.180 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51C8
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.26, 47.01, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.26, 71.03, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.0982 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.18 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8466, 15.4583, 56.3598)
Luminance	0.1546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51C8 #8FC851

analogous

#5154C8 #8A51C8 #C551C8

triadic

#8A51C8 #C88A51 #51C88A

tetradic

#8A51C8 #C85154 #8FC851 #51C8C5

square

#8A51C8 #C85154 #8FC851 #51C8C5

split-complementary

#8A51C8 #C8C551 #54C851

monochromatic

#4E2679 #6B35A7 #8A51C8 #A980D7 #C9AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8A51C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8A51C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51C8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51C8	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#146CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.180 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084d9',
    500: '#8a51c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51c8;
$custom-light: #b084d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.739,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55676,
    "c": 0.17987,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51C8

secondary

#BBD3A1

accent

#DB4C97

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51C8

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

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