#8A51CA#8A51CA

#8A51CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.182 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51CA
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 202)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 59.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 47.50, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 72.07, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.0982 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.182 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0819, 15.5524, 57.5989)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51CA #91CA51

analogous

#5155CA #8A51CA #C651CA

triadic

#8A51CA #CA8A51 #51CA8A

tetradic

#8A51CA #CA5155 #91CA51 #51CAC6

square

#8A51CA #CA5155 #91CA51 #51CAC6

split-complementary

#8A51CA #CAC651 #55CA51

monochromatic

#4E257B #6B34AA #8A51CA #AA80D8 #C9AFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8A51CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8A51CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51CA

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51CA	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E6DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.182 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084db',
    500: '#8a51ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51ca;
$custom-light: #b084db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.264,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55809,
    "c": 0.18219,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51CA

secondary

#BDD5A2

accent

#DD4B98

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51CA

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

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