#8A51CC#8A51CC

#8A51CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.185 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51CC
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 204)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 47.99, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 73.10, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0981 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.185 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3202, 15.6477, 58.8541)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51CC #93CC51

analogous

#5155CC #8A51CC #C851CC

triadic

#8A51CC #CC8A51 #51CC8A

tetradic

#8A51CC #CC5155 #93CC51 #51CCC8

square

#8A51CC #CC5155 #93CC51 #51CCC8

split-complementary

#8A51CC #CCC851 #55CC51

monochromatic

#4E257E #6B33AD #8A51CC #AA80DA #CAB0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#8A51CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8A51CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51CC

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51CC	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#056DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.185 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084dc',
    500: '#8a51cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51cc;
$custom-light: #b084dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55942,
    "c": 0.18451,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51CC

secondary

#BED6A3

accent

#DE4A99

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51CC

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

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