#8E51DC#8E51DC

#8E51DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.204 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E51DC
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 52.83, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 81.34, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1025 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.204 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0129, 16.8027, 69.5164)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E51DC #9FDC51

analogous

#515ADC #8E51DC #D451DC

triadic

#8E51DC #DC8E51 #51DC8E

tetradic

#8E51DC #DC515A #9FDC51 #51DCD4

square

#8E51DC #DC515A #9FDC51 #51DCD4

split-complementary

#8E51DC #DCD451 #5ADC51

monochromatic

#521E95 #6E28C8 #8E51DC #AF84E6 #D0B7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8E51DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8E51DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E51DC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E51DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E51DC	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1471D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e51dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.204 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485e8',
    500: '#8e51dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e51dc;
$custom-light: #b485e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e51dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.331,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57468,
    "c": 0.20355,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E51DC

secondary

#C8E0A9

accent

#E93E9E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E51DC

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

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