#8B51F2#8B51F2

#8B51F2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.228 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B51F2
RGB	rgb(139, 81, 242)
HSL	hsl(262, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 57.78, -72.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 92.56, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0961 -0.2067)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.228 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6126, 17.7839, 85.8596)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B51F2 #B8F251

analogous

#5167F2 #8B51F2 #DB51F2

triadic

#8B51F2 #F28B51 #51F28B

tetradic

#8B51F2 #F25167 #B8F251 #51F2DB

square

#8B51F2 #F25167 #B8F251 #51F2DB

split-complementary

#8B51F2 #F2DB51 #67F251

monochromatic

#4C0EBB #6518EE #8B51F2 #B18AF6 #D7C3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8B51F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8B51F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B51F2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B51F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B51F2	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b51f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 81, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.228 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485f7',
    500: '#8b51f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b51f2;
$custom-light: #b485f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b51f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.615,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58762,
    "c": 0.22793,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B51F2

secondary

#D7ECB3

accent

#E30392

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B51F2

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

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