#8E51DD#8E51DD

#8E51DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.205 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E51DD
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 53.08, -62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 81.85, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1024 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.205 300)
XYZ	xyz(27.1457, 16.8559, 70.2159)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E51DD #A0DD51

analogous

#515ADD #8E51DD #D451DD

triadic

#8E51DD #DD8E51 #51DD8E

tetradic

#8E51DD #DD515A #A0DD51 #51DDD4

square

#8E51DD #DD515A #A0DD51 #51DDD4

split-complementary

#8E51DD #DDD451 #5ADD51

monochromatic

#521D96 #6E27C9 #8E51DD #AF84E7 #D0B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8E51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8E51DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E51DD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E51DD	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1071DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.205 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485e8',
    500: '#8e51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e51dd;
$custom-light: #b485e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57538,
    "c": 0.20467,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.16856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E51DD

secondary

#C8E0AA

accent

#EA3E9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E51DD

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

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