#8A51D6#8A51D6

#8A51D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.196 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51D6
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 214)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 50.48, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 78.28, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.0976 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.196 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5583, 16.1430, 65.3747)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51D6 #9DD651

analogous

#515BD6 #8A51D6 #CC51D6

triadic

#8A51D6 #D68A51 #51D68A

tetradic

#8A51D6 #D6515B #9DD651 #51D6CC

square

#8A51D6 #D6515B #9DD651 #51D6CC

split-complementary

#8A51D6 #D6CC51 #5BD651

monochromatic

#4F218C #6B2DBD #8A51D6 #AB83E2 #CDB4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A51D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A51D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51D6

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51D6	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B6FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.196 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e3',
    500: '#8a51d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51d6;
$custom-light: #b185e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56624,
    "c": 0.19606,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51D6

secondary

#C5DCA7

accent

#E5439F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51D6

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

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