#8A51D1#8A51D1

#8A51D1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.190 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51D1
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 209)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 61.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 49.23, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 75.69, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.0979 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.19 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.9295, 15.8914, 62.0632)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51D1 #98D151

analogous

#5158D1 #8A51D1 #CA51D1

triadic

#8A51D1 #D18A51 #51D18A

tetradic

#8A51D1 #D15158 #98D151 #51D1CA

square

#8A51D1 #D15158 #98D151 #51D1CA

split-complementary

#8A51D1 #D1CA51 #58D151

monochromatic

#4E2385 #6B30B5 #8A51D1 #AB81DE #CBB2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8A51D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8A51D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51D1

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51D1	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#256ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.190 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e0',
    500: '#8a51d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51d1;
$custom-light: #b185e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.719,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5628,
    "c": 0.19029,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.15892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51D1

secondary

#C2D9A5

accent

#E1469C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51D1

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

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