#8D51C6#8D51C6

#8D51C6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.178 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51C6
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 198)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 59.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 47.24, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 70.04, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1021 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.178 305)
XYZ	xyz(24.1178, 15.6249, 55.1605)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51C6 #8AC651

analogous

#5351C6 #8D51C6 #C651C5

triadic

#8D51C6 #C68D51 #51C68D

tetradic

#8D51C6 #C65351 #8AC651 #51C5C6

square

#8D51C6 #C65351 #8AC651 #51C5C6

split-complementary

#8D51C6 #C5C651 #51C653

monochromatic

#4F2776 #6E36A4 #8D51C6 #AB7FD5 #C9ADE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#8D51C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8D51C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51C6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51C6	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C6CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.178 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284d8',
    500: '#8d51c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51c6;
$custom-light: #b284d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55877,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.15625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51C6

secondary

#B9D2A1

accent

#DA4E92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51C6

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

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