#8D51B4#8D51B4

#8D51B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.158 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51B4
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 180)
HSL	hsl(276, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 55%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 43.02, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 60.78, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1017 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.158 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1636, 14.8433, 44.8686)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51B4 #78B451

analogous

#5B51B4 #8D51B4 #B451A9

triadic

#8D51B4 #B48D51 #51B48D

tetradic

#8D51B4 #B45B51 #78B451 #51A9B4

square

#8D51B4 #B45B51 #78B451 #51A9B4

split-complementary

#8D51B4 #A9B451 #51B45B

monochromatic

#4B2A61 #6C3C8C #8D51B4 #A97CC6 #C5A7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8D51B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8D51B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51B4

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51B4	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3369B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88627B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.158 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184cb',
    500: '#8d51b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51b4;
$custom-light: #b184cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.364,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54758,
    "c": 0.15759,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51B4

secondary

#ACC69B

accent

#D05887

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51B4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →