#8E51D5#8E51D5

#8E51D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.196 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E51D5
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 51.11, -58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 77.76, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.103 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.196 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1052, 16.4397, 64.7357)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E51D5 #98D551

analogous

#5156D5 #8E51D5 #D051D5

triadic

#8E51D5 #D58E51 #51D58E

tetradic

#8E51D5 #D55156 #98D551 #51D5D0

square

#8E51D5 #D55156 #98D551 #51D5D0

split-complementary

#8E51D5 #D5D051 #56D551

monochromatic

#52218A #6F2DBC #8E51D5 #AE82E1 #CEB4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8E51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8E51D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E51D5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E51D5	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2570D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.196 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485e3',
    500: '#8e51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e51d5;
$custom-light: #b485e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56984,
    "c": 0.19561,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E51D5

secondary

#C3DBA6

accent

#E4449A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E51D5

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

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