#8E51BB#8E51BB

#8E51BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.166 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E51BB
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(275, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 44.89, -46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 64.41, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1033 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.166 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0656, 15.2238, 48.7275)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E51BB #7EBB51

analogous

#5951BB #8E51BB #BB51B3

triadic

#8E51BB #BB8E51 #51BB8E

tetradic

#8E51BB #BB5951 #7EBB51 #51B3BB

square

#8E51BB #BB5951 #7EBB51 #51B3BB

split-complementary

#8E51BB #B3BB51 #51BB59

monochromatic

#4E2969 #6E3A95 #8E51BB #AB7DCC #C7A9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8E51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8E51BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E51BB

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E51BB	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88647E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.166 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284d0',
    500: '#8e51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e51bb;
$custom-light: #b284d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.528,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55297,
    "c": 0.16594,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E51BB

secondary

#B0CB9D

accent

#D4548A

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E51BB

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

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