#8A51D3#8A51D3

#8A51D3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.193 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51D3
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 211)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 61.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 49.73, -58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 76.73, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.0978 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.193 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1787, 15.9911, 63.3755)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51D3 #9AD351

analogous

#5159D3 #8A51D3 #CB51D3

triadic

#8A51D3 #D38A51 #51D38A

tetradic

#8A51D3 #D35159 #9AD351 #51D3CB

square

#8A51D3 #D35159 #9AD351 #51D3CB

split-complementary

#8A51D3 #D3CB51 #59D351

monochromatic

#4F2287 #6B2FB8 #8A51D3 #AB82DF #CCB3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8A51D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8A51D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51D3

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51D3	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.193 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e1',
    500: '#8a51d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51d3;
$custom-light: #b185e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56417,
    "c": 0.1926,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51D3

secondary

#C3DAA6

accent

#E3459E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51D3

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