#8B51DA#8B51DA

#8B51DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.201 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B51DA
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 62.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 51.70, -61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 80.33, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0987 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.201 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2417, 16.4355, 68.1059)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B51DA #A0DA51

analogous

#515BDA #8B51DA #CF51DA

triadic

#8B51DA #DA8B51 #51DA8B

tetradic

#8B51DA #DA515B #A0DA51 #51DACF

square

#8B51DA #DA515B #A0DA51 #51DACF

split-complementary

#8B51DA #DACF51 #5BDA51

monochromatic

#501F92 #6B2AC4 #8B51DA #AD83E5 #CEB6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8B51DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8B51DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B51DA

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B51DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B51DA	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1170D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b51da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.201 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285e6',
    500: '#8b51da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b51da;
$custom-light: #b285e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b51da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.401,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57009,
    "c": 0.20081,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B51DA

secondary

#C8DEA8

accent

#E840A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B51DA

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

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