#8D51B3#8D51B3

#8D51B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.156 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51B3
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 179)
HSL	hsl(277, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(277, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 54.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 42.79, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 60.27, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1016 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.156 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0621, 14.8027, 44.3341)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51B3 #77B351

analogous

#5C51B3 #8D51B3 #B351A8

triadic

#8D51B3 #B38D51 #51B38D

tetradic

#8D51B3 #B35C51 #77B351 #51A8B3

square

#8D51B3 #B35C51 #77B351 #51A8B3

split-complementary

#8D51B3 #A8B351 #51B35C

monochromatic

#4B2A60 #6C3C8A #8D51B3 #A97CC6 #C5A6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8D51B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8D51B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51B3

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51B3	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3469B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88627A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.156 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184ca',
    500: '#8d51b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51b3;
$custom-light: #b184ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54699,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51B3

secondary

#ABC69A

accent

#CF5987

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51B3

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

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