#8B51CA#8B51CA

#8B51CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.182 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B51CA
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 202)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 59.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 47.74, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 72.08, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.0995 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.182 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2481, 15.6381, 57.6067)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B51CA #90CA51

analogous

#5153CA #8B51CA #C751CA

triadic

#8B51CA #CA8B51 #51CA8B

tetradic

#8B51CA #CA5153 #90CA51 #51CAC7

square

#8B51CA #CA5153 #90CA51 #51CAC7

split-complementary

#8B51CA #CAC751 #53CA51

monochromatic

#4F257B #6C34AA #8B51CA #AA80D8 #CAAFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#8B51CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8B51CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B51CA

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B51CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B51CA	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F6DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b51ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.182 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184db',
    500: '#8b51ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b51ca;
$custom-light: #b184db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b51ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.76,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55918,
    "c": 0.18241,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B51CA

secondary

#BCD5A2

accent

#DD4B97

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B51CA

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

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