#8A51DD#8A51DD

#8A51DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.204 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51DD
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 52.24, -63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 81.88, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.0971 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.204 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4715, 16.5082, 70.1843)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51DD #A4DD51

analogous

#515EDD #8A51DD #D051DD

triadic

#8A51DD #DD8A51 #51DD8A

tetradic

#8A51DD #DD515E #A4DD51 #51DDD0

square

#8A51DD #DD515E #A4DD51 #51DDD0

split-complementary

#8A51DD #DDD051 #5EDD51

monochromatic

#4F1D96 #6927C9 #8A51DD #AC84E7 #CFB7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8A51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A51DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51DD

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51DD	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.204 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285e8',
    500: '#8a51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51dd;
$custom-light: #b285e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57117,
    "c": 0.20409,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51DD

secondary

#CAE0AA

accent

#EA3EA4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51DD

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

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