#8E51E4#8E51E4

#8E51E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.213 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E51E4
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 54.82, -65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 85.42, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1018 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.213 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0978, 17.2367, 75.2304)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E51E4 #A7E451

analogous

#515DE4 #8E51E4 #D751E4

triadic

#8E51E4 #E48E51 #51E48E

tetradic

#8E51E4 #E4515D #A7E451 #51E4D7

square

#8E51E4 #E4515D #A7E451 #51E4D7

split-complementary

#8E51E4 #E4D751 #5DE451

monochromatic

#5219A2 #6C21D7 #8E51E4 #B086EC #D3BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8E51E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8E51E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E51E4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E51E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E51E4	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e51e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.213 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b585ed',
    500: '#8e51e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e51e4;
$custom-light: #b585ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e51e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.898,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58035,
    "c": 0.21255,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E51E4

secondary

#CDE4AC

accent

#D51083

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E51E4

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

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