#8C51DD#8C51DD

#8C51DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.204 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C51DD
RGB	rgb(140, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 52.66, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 81.87, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.0998 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.204 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8056, 16.6805, 70.2000)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C51DD #A2DD51

analogous

#515CDD #8C51DD #D251DD

triadic

#8C51DD #DD8C51 #51DD8C

tetradic

#8C51DD #DD515C #A2DD51 #51DDD2

square

#8C51DD #DD515C #A2DD51 #51DDD2

split-complementary

#8C51DD #DDD251 #5CDD51

monochromatic

#501D96 #6C27C9 #8C51DD #AE84E7 #D0B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8C51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8C51DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C51DD

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C51DD	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0870DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.204 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b385e8',
    500: '#8c51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c51dd;
$custom-light: #b385e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57326,
    "c": 0.20437,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C51DD

secondary

#C9E0AA

accent

#EA3EA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C51DD

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

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