#8B51BC#8B51BC

#8B51BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.166 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B51BC
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 56.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 44.36, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 64.83, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.0995 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.166 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6651, 15.0049, 49.2694)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B51BC #82BC51

analogous

#5551BC #8B51BC #BC51B8

triadic

#8B51BC #BC8B51 #51BC8B

tetradic

#8B51BC #BC5551 #82BC51 #51B8BC

square

#8B51BC #BC5551 #82BC51 #51B8BC

split-complementary

#8B51BC #B8BC51 #51BC55

monochromatic

#4C296A #6C3A96 #8B51BC #A87DCD #C6A9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8B51BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8B51BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B51BC

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B51BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B51BC	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b51bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.166 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084d1',
    500: '#8b51bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b51bc;
$custom-light: #b084d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b51bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.523,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55018,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B51BC

secondary

#B2CC9D

accent

#D4548E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B51BC

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

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