#8F51BB#8F51BB

#8F51BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.166 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F51BB
RGB	rgb(143, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(275, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 45.15, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 64.45, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.1046 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.166 309)
XYZ	xyz(23.2380, 15.3127, 48.7355)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F51BB #7DBB51

analogous

#5A51BB #8F51BB #BB51B2

triadic

#8F51BB #BB8F51 #51BB8F

tetradic

#8F51BB #BB5A51 #7DBB51 #51B2BB

square

#8F51BB #BB5A51 #7DBB51 #51B2BB

split-complementary

#8F51BB #B2BB51 #51BB5A

monochromatic

#4E2969 #6F3A95 #8F51BB #AB7DCC #C8A9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8F51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8F51BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F51BB

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F51BB	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89647E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.166 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b384d0',
    500: '#8f51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f51bb;
$custom-light: #b384d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55411,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.15312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F51BB

secondary

#B0CB9D

accent

#D45489

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F51BB

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

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