#8A51E0#8A51E0

#8A51E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.208 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51E0
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 224)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 63.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 53.00, -64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 83.42, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.0969 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.208 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8748, 16.6695, 72.3082)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51E0 #A7E051

analogous

#5160E0 #8A51E0 #D151E0

triadic

#8A51E0 #E08A51 #51E08A

tetradic

#8A51E0 #E05160 #A7E051 #51E0D1

square

#8A51E0 #E05160 #A7E051 #51E0D1

split-complementary

#8A51E0 #E0D151 #60E051

monochromatic

#4E1C9B #6925CF #8A51E0 #AD85E9 #D0B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8A51E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8A51E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51E0

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51E0	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.208 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285eb',
    500: '#8a51e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51e0;
$custom-light: #b285eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.916,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57331,
    "c": 0.20752,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51E0

secondary

#CCE2AB

accent

#ED3BA6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51E0

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

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