#8A51CE#8A51CE

#8A51CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.187 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51CE
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 48.49, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 74.14, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.098 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.187 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5616, 15.7443, 60.1255)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51CE #95CE51

analogous

#5157CE #8A51CE #C951CE

triadic

#8A51CE #CE8A51 #51CE8A

tetradic

#8A51CE #CE5157 #95CE51 #51CEC9

square

#8A51CE #CE5157 #95CE51 #51CEC9

split-complementary

#8A51CE #CEC951 #57CE51

monochromatic

#4E2480 #6B32B0 #8A51CE #AA81DB #CAB1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8A51CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8A51CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51CE

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51CE	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.187 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084de',
    500: '#8a51ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51ce;
$custom-light: #b084de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56076,
    "c": 0.18682,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51CE

secondary

#C0D7A4

accent

#DF489B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51CE

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

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