#8E51DF#8E51DF

#8E51DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.207 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E51DF
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 223)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 53.57, -63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 82.87, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1023 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.207 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4138, 16.9631, 71.6277)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E51DF #A2DF51

analogous

#515BDF #8E51DF #D551DF

triadic

#8E51DF #DF8E51 #51DF8E

tetradic

#8E51DF #DF515B #A2DF51 #51DFD5

square

#8E51DF #DF515B #A2DF51 #51DFD5

split-complementary

#8E51DF #DFD551 #5BDF51

monochromatic

#521C99 #6E26CD #8E51DF #B085E9 #D1B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8E51DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8E51DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E51DF

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E51DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E51DF	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0671DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e51df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.207 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485ea',
    500: '#8e51df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e51df;
$custom-light: #b485ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e51df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.775,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57679,
    "c": 0.20692,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E51DF

secondary

#CAE1AA

accent

#EC3CA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E51DF

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

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