#8A51DC#8A51DC

#8A51DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.203 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51DC
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 51.99, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 81.37, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.0972 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.203 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3387, 16.4551, 69.4848)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51DC #A3DC51

analogous

#515EDC #8A51DC #CF51DC

triadic

#8A51DC #DC8A51 #51DC8A

tetradic

#8A51DC #DC515E #A3DC51 #51DCCF

square

#8A51DC #DC515E #A3DC51 #51DCCF

split-complementary

#8A51DC #DCCF51 #5EDC51

monochromatic

#4F1E95 #6A28C8 #8A51DC #AC84E6 #CFB7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A51DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8A51DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51DC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51DC	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#036FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.203 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285e8',
    500: '#8a51dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51dc;
$custom-light: #b285e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.604,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57046,
    "c": 0.20295,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51DC

secondary

#C9E0A9

accent

#E93EA3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51DC

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

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