#8D51CD#8D51CD

#8D51CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.186 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51CD
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 48.93, -55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 73.65, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.102 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.186 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9439, 15.9554, 59.5114)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51CD #91CD51

analogous

#5153CD #8D51CD #CB51CD

triadic

#8D51CD #CD8D51 #51CD8D

tetradic

#8D51CD #CD5153 #91CD51 #51CDCB

square

#8D51CD #CD5153 #91CD51 #51CDCB

split-complementary

#8D51CD #CDCB51 #53CD51

monochromatic

#50257F #6E32AF #8D51CD #AC81DB #CBB0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8D51CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8D51CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51CD

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51CD	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#076ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.186 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285dd',
    500: '#8d51cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51cd;
$custom-light: #b285dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56336,
    "c": 0.18629,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51CD

secondary

#BED7A3

accent

#DF4996

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51CD

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

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