#8D51BF#8D51BF

#8D51BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.170 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51BF
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 191)
HSL	hsl(273, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 57.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 45.58, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 66.44, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1021 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.17 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3290, 15.3094, 51.0061)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51BF #83BF51

analogous

#5651BF #8D51BF #BF51BA

triadic

#8D51BF #BF8D51 #51BF8D

tetradic

#8D51BF #BF5651 #83BF51 #51BABF

square

#8D51BF #BF5651 #83BF51 #51BABF

split-complementary

#8D51BF #BABF51 #51BF56

monochromatic

#4E286D #6E399A #8D51BF #AA7ECF #C8AAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8D51BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8D51BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51BF

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51BF	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#276BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.170 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184d3',
    500: '#8d51bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51bf;
$custom-light: #b184d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55431,
    "c": 0.17023,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51BF

secondary

#B4CE9E

accent

#D6528E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51BF

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

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