#8D51BC#8D51BC

#8D51BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.167 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51BC
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 56.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 44.87, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 64.89, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.102 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.167 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0022, 15.1787, 49.2852)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51BC #80BC51

analogous

#5851BC #8D51BC #BC51B5

triadic

#8D51BC #BC8D51 #51BC8D

tetradic

#8D51BC #BC5851 #80BC51 #51B5BC

square

#8D51BC #BC5851 #80BC51 #51B5BC

split-complementary

#8D51BC #B5BC51 #51BC58

monochromatic

#4D296A #6E3A96 #8D51BC #AA7DCD #C7A9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8D51BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8D51BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51BC

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51BC	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.167 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184d1',
    500: '#8d51bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51bc;
$custom-light: #b184d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.645,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55244,
    "c": 0.16677,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51BC

secondary

#B2CC9D

accent

#D4548C

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51BC

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

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