#8A51E6#8A51E6

#8A51E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.214 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51E6
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 54.52, -67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 86.49, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.0963 -0.1915)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.214 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7029, 17.0008, 76.6695)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51E6 #ADE651

analogous

#5162E6 #8A51E6 #D451E6

triadic

#8A51E6 #E68A51 #51E68A

tetradic

#8A51E6 #E65162 #ADE651 #51E6D4

square

#8A51E6 #E65162 #ADE651 #51E6D4

split-complementary

#8A51E6 #E6D451 #62E651

monochromatic

#4E18A5 #671FDA #8A51E6 #AE87EE #D2BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#8A51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8A51E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51E6

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51E6	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.214 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285ef',
    500: '#8a51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51e6;
$custom-light: #b285ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.953,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57767,
    "c": 0.21434,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51E6

secondary

#D0E5AD

accent

#D70E8A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51E6

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

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