#8D51BE#8D51BE

#8D51BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.169 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51BE
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(273, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 45.34, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 65.92, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1021 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.169 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2193, 15.2655, 50.4286)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51BE #82BE51

analogous

#5651BE #8D51BE #BE51B8

triadic

#8D51BE #BE8D51 #51BE8D

tetradic

#8D51BE #BE5651 #82BE51 #51B8BE

square

#8D51BE #BE5651 #82BE51 #51B8BE

split-complementary

#8D51BE #B8BE51 #51BE56

monochromatic

#4E286C #6E3999 #8D51BE #AA7ECF #C7AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8D51BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8D51BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51BE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51BE	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.169 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184d2',
    500: '#8d51be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51be;
$custom-light: #b184d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.028,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55368,
    "c": 0.16907,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51BE

secondary

#B3CD9E

accent

#D5538D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51BE

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

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