#8A51D9#8A51D9

#8A51D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.200 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51D9
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 62.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 51.23, -61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 79.82, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.0974 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.2 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9449, 16.2976, 67.4110)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51D9 #A0D951

analogous

#515CD9 #8A51D9 #CE51D9

triadic

#8A51D9 #D98A51 #51D98A

tetradic

#8A51D9 #D9515C #A0D951 #51D9CE

square

#8A51D9 #D9515C #A0D951 #51D9CE

split-complementary

#8A51D9 #D9CE51 #5CD951

monochromatic

#4F1F90 #6A2AC2 #8A51D9 #AC83E4 #CEB5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8A51D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8A51D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51D9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51D9	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#126FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.200 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e6',
    500: '#8a51d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51d9;
$custom-light: #b185e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.147,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56834,
    "c": 0.19951,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51D9

secondary

#C7DEA8

accent

#E741A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51D9

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

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