#8A51E4#8A51E4

#8A51E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.212 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51E4
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 54.01, -66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 85.47, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.0965 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.212 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4236, 16.8891, 75.1988)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51E4 #ABE451

analogous

#5162E4 #8A51E4 #D351E4

triadic

#8A51E4 #E48A51 #51E48A

tetradic

#8A51E4 #E45162 #ABE451 #51E4D3

square

#8A51E4 #E45162 #ABE451 #51E4D3

split-complementary

#8A51E4 #E4D351 #62E451

monochromatic

#4E19A2 #6821D7 #8A51E4 #AE86EC #D1BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8A51E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A51E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51E4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51E4	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.212 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285ed',
    500: '#8a51e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51e4;
$custom-light: #b285ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.265,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57621,
    "c": 0.21207,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51E4

secondary

#CFE4AC

accent

#D51089

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51E4

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

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