#8A51D8#8A51D8

#8A51D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.198 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51D8
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 50.98, -60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 79.31, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.0975 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.198 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8153, 16.2457, 66.7281)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51D8 #9FD851

analogous

#515BD8 #8A51D8 #CD51D8

triadic

#8A51D8 #D88A51 #51D88A

tetradic

#8A51D8 #D8515B #9FD851 #51D8CD

square

#8A51D8 #D8515B #9FD851 #51D8CD

split-complementary

#8A51D8 #D8CD51 #5BD851

monochromatic

#4F208F #6A2BC1 #8A51D8 #AC83E3 #CDB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A51D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A51D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51D8

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51D8	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#156FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.198 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e5',
    500: '#8a51d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51d8;
$custom-light: #b185e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56764,
    "c": 0.19836,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51D8

secondary

#C7DDA8

accent

#E641A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51D8

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

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