#8D51BB#8D51BB

#8D51BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.166 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51BB
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 44.64, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 64.38, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.102 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.166 308)
XYZ	xyz(22.8948, 15.1357, 48.7195)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51BB #7FBB51

analogous

#5851BB #8D51BB #BB51B4

triadic

#8D51BB #BB8D51 #51BB8D

tetradic

#8D51BB #BB5851 #7FBB51 #51B4BB

square

#8D51BB #BB5851 #7FBB51 #51B4BB

split-complementary

#8D51BB #B4BB51 #51BB58

monochromatic

#4D2969 #6D3A95 #8D51BB #AA7DCC #C7A9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8D51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8D51BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51BB

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51BB	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86657E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.166 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184d0',
    500: '#8d51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51bb;
$custom-light: #b184d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.962,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55182,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.15135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51BB

secondary

#B1CB9D

accent

#D4548B

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51BB

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

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