#8A51EA#8A51EA

#8A51EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.219 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51EA
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 65.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 55.55, -68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 88.53, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.0958 -0.1968)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.219 296)
XYZ	xyz(28.2710, 17.2280, 79.6618)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51EA #B1EA51

analogous

#5165EA #8A51EA #D751EA

triadic

#8A51EA #EA8A51 #51EA8A

tetradic

#8A51EA #EA5165 #B1EA51 #51EAD7

square

#8A51EA #EA5165 #B1EA51 #51EAD7

split-complementary

#8A51EA #EAD751 #65EA51

monochromatic

#4D15AC #661BE2 #8A51EA #AF88F1 #D3BEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8A51EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8A51EA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51EA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51EA	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.219 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b385f2',
    500: '#8a51ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51ea;
$custom-light: #b385f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58062,
    "c": 0.21887,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.17229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51EA

secondary

#D3E8AF

accent

#DB0B8D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51EA

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

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