#8B51DD#8B51DD

#8B51DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.204 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B51DD
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 52.45, -62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 81.87, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.0985 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.204 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6378, 16.5940, 70.1921)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B51DD #A3DD51

analogous

#515DDD #8B51DD #D151DD

triadic

#8B51DD #DD8B51 #51DD8B

tetradic

#8B51DD #DD515D #A3DD51 #51DDD1

square

#8B51DD #DD515D #A3DD51 #51DDD1

split-complementary

#8B51DD #DDD151 #5DDD51

monochromatic

#4F1D96 #6B27C9 #8B51DD #AD84E7 #CFB7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8B51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8B51DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B51DD

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B51DD	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0370DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.204 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285e8',
    500: '#8b51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b51dd;
$custom-light: #b285e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57221,
    "c": 0.20423,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B51DD

secondary

#CAE0AA

accent

#EA3EA3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B51DD

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

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