#8A51EE#8A51EE

#8A51EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.223 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A51EE
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 66%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 56.57, -70.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 90.56, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.0953 -0.202)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.223 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8522, 17.4605, 82.7224)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A51EE #B5EE51

analogous

#5167EE #8A51EE #D851EE

triadic

#8A51EE #EE8A51 #51EE8A

tetradic

#8A51EE #EE5167 #B5EE51 #51EED8

square

#8A51EE #EE5167 #B5EE51 #51EED8

split-complementary

#8A51EE #EED851 #67EE51

monochromatic

#4C11B3 #6519E9 #8A51EE #AF89F3 #D5C1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8A51EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8A51EE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A51EE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A51EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A51EE	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a51ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.223 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b385f5',
    500: '#8a51ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a51ee;
$custom-light: #b385f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a51ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.783,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58361,
    "c": 0.22337,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A51EE

secondary

#D5EAB1

accent

#DF0790

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6EFFE

border

#D0CAD6

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A51EE

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

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