#8D51E4#8D51E4

#8D51E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.212 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D51E4
RGB	rgb(141, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 54.62, -65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 85.43, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1005 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.212 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9270, 17.1486, 75.2224)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D51E4 #A8E451

analogous

#515EE4 #8D51E4 #D651E4

triadic

#8D51E4 #E48D51 #51E48D

tetradic

#8D51E4 #E4515E #A8E451 #51E4D6

square

#8D51E4 #E4515E #A8E451 #51E4D6

split-complementary

#8D51E4 #E4D651 #5EE451

monochromatic

#5119A2 #6B21D7 #8D51E4 #B086EC #D2BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8D51E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8D51E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D51E4

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D51E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D51E4	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d51e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.212 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485ed',
    500: '#8d51e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d51e4;
$custom-light: #b485ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d51e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57931,
    "c": 0.21242,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D51E4

secondary

#CEE4AC

accent

#D51085

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D51E4

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

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