#8B51BB#8B51BB

#8B51BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.165 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B51BB
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 44.13, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 64.31, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.0994 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.165 307)
XYZ	xyz(22.5577, 14.9619, 48.7037)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B51BB #81BB51

analogous

#5651BB #8B51BB #BB51B6

triadic

#8B51BB #BB8B51 #51BB8B

tetradic

#8B51BB #BB5651 #81BB51 #51B6BB

square

#8B51BB #BB5651 #81BB51 #51B6BB

split-complementary

#8B51BB #B6BB51 #51BB56

monochromatic

#4C2969 #6C3A95 #8B51BB #A87DCC #C6A9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8B51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8B51BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B51BB

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B51BB	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84657E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.165 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084d0',
    500: '#8b51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b51bb;
$custom-light: #b084d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54956,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.14962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B51BB

secondary

#B2CB9D

accent

#D4548E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B51BB

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

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