#8B51DB#8B51DB

#8B51DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.202 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B51DB
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 51.95, -61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 80.85, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.0986 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.202 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3729, 16.4880, 68.7972)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B51DB #A1DB51

analogous

#515CDB #8B51DB #D051DB

triadic

#8B51DB #DB8B51 #51DB8B

tetradic

#8B51DB #DB515C #A1DB51 #51DBD0

square

#8B51DB #DB515C #A1DB51 #51DBD0

split-complementary

#8B51DB #DBD051 #5CDB51

monochromatic

#4F1E93 #6B29C6 #8B51DB #AD84E5 #CFB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8B51DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8B51DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B51DB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B51DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B51DB	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D70D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b51db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.202 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285e7',
    500: '#8b51db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b51db;
$custom-light: #b285e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b51db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.217,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5708,
    "c": 0.20194,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B51DB

secondary

#C8DFA9

accent

#E93FA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B51DB

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

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