#8A51DE#8A51DE

#8A51DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.205 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51DE
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 52.49, -63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 82.39, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.097 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.205 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6051, 16.5617, 70.8881)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51DE #A5DE51

analogous

#515FDE #8A51DE #D051DE

triadic

#8A51DE #DE8A51 #51DE8A

tetradic

#8A51DE #DE515F #A5DE51 #51DED0

square

#8A51DE #DE515F #A5DE51 #51DED0

split-complementary

#8A51DE #DED051 #5FDE51

monochromatic

#4F1D98 #6927CB #8A51DE #AD84E8 #CFB8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8A51DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8A51DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51DE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51DE	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.205 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285e9',
    500: '#8a51de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51de;
$custom-light: #b285e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.255,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57188,
    "c": 0.20524,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51DE

secondary

#CBE1AA

accent

#EB3DA5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51DE

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

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