#8E51D7#8E51D7

#8E51D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.198 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E51D7
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 215)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 62.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 51.60, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 78.79, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1029 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.198 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3606, 16.5418, 66.0809)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E51D7 #9AD751

analogous

#5157D7 #8E51D7 #D151D7

triadic

#8E51D7 #D78E51 #51D78E

tetradic

#8E51D7 #D75157 #9AD751 #51D7D1

square

#8E51D7 #D75157 #9AD751 #51D7D1

split-complementary

#8E51D7 #D7D151 #57D751

monochromatic

#52208D #6F2CBF #8E51D7 #AE83E2 #CFB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8E51D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8E51D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E51D7

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E51D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E51D7	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2170D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e51d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.198 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485e4',
    500: '#8e51d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e51d7;
$custom-light: #b485e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e51d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.313,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57121,
    "c": 0.19789,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E51D7

secondary

#C4DDA7

accent

#E6429B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E51D7

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

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