#8A51D7#8A51D7

#8A51D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.197 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51D7
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 215)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 50.73, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 78.79, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.0976 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.197 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6864, 16.1942, 66.0493)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51D7 #9ED751

analogous

#515BD7 #8A51D7 #CD51D7

triadic

#8A51D7 #D78A51 #51D78A

tetradic

#8A51D7 #D7515B #9ED751 #51D7CD

square

#8A51D7 #D7515B #9ED751 #51D7CD

split-complementary

#8A51D7 #D7CD51 #5BD751

monochromatic

#4F208D #6A2CBF #8A51D7 #AB83E2 #CDB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8A51D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8A51D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51D7

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51D7	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#186FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.197 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e4',
    500: '#8a51d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51d7;
$custom-light: #b185e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.522,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56694,
    "c": 0.19721,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51D7

secondary

#C6DDA7

accent

#E642A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51D7

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

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