#8A51D0#8A51D0

#8A51D0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.189 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51D0
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 208)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 48.98, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 75.18, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.098 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.189 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8061, 15.8421, 61.4132)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51D0 #97D051

analogous

#5158D0 #8A51D0 #CA51D0

triadic

#8A51D0 #D08A51 #51D08A

tetradic

#8A51D0 #D05158 #97D051 #51D0CA

square

#8A51D0 #D05158 #97D051 #51D0CA

split-complementary

#8A51D0 #D0CA51 #58D051

monochromatic

#4E2383 #6B30B3 #8A51D0 #AA81DD #CBB1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8A51D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8A51D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51D0

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51D0	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.189 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185df',
    500: '#8a51d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51d0;
$custom-light: #b185df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.929,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56212,
    "c": 0.18914,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51D0

secondary

#C1D8A4

accent

#E1479C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51D0

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

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