#8D51E1#8D51E1

#8D51E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.209 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51E1
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 53.86, -64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 83.90, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1008 -0.1831)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.209 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5141, 16.9835, 73.0481)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51E1 #A5E151

analogous

#515DE1 #8D51E1 #D551E1

triadic

#8D51E1 #E18D51 #51E18D

tetradic

#8D51E1 #E1515D #A5E151 #51E1D5

square

#8D51E1 #E1515D #A5E151 #51E1D5

split-complementary

#8D51E1 #E1D551 #5DE151

monochromatic

#511B9D #6C24D1 #8D51E1 #AF85EA #D1B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8D51E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8D51E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51E1

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51E1	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.209 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485eb',
    500: '#8d51e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51e1;
$custom-light: #b485eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57716,
    "c": 0.20904,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51E1

secondary

#CCE3AB

accent

#ED3AA3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51E1

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

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