#8E51E6#8E51E6

#8E51E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.215 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E51E6
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 55.32, -66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 86.43, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1016 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.215 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3771, 17.3484, 76.7011)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E51E6 #A9E651

analogous

#515EE6 #8E51E6 #D851E6

triadic

#8E51E6 #E68E51 #51E68E

tetradic

#8E51E6 #E6515E #A9E651 #51E6D8

square

#8E51E6 #E6515E #A9E651 #51E6D8

split-complementary

#8E51E6 #E6D851 #5EE651

monochromatic

#5218A5 #6C1FDA #8E51E6 #B187EE #D4BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8E51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8E51E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E51E6

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E51E6	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.215 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b585ef',
    500: '#8e51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e51e6;
$custom-light: #b585ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.564,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58179,
    "c": 0.21479,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E51E6

secondary

#CEE5AD

accent

#D70E85

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E51E6

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

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