#8F51BC#8F51BC

#8F51BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.167 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F51BC
RGB	rgb(143, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(275, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 56.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 45.38, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 64.96, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1046 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.167 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3454, 15.3557, 49.3013)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F51BC #7EBC51

analogous

#5951BC #8F51BC #BC51B4

triadic

#8F51BC #BC8F51 #51BC8F

tetradic

#8F51BC #BC5951 #7EBC51 #51B4BC

square

#8F51BC #BC5951 #7EBC51 #51B4BC

split-complementary

#8F51BC #B4BC51 #51BC59

monochromatic

#4E296A #6F3A96 #8F51BC #AB7DCD #C8A9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8F51BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8F51BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F51BC

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F51BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F51BC	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f51bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.167 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b384d1',
    500: '#8f51bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f51bc;
$custom-light: #b384d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f51bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.766,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55473,
    "c": 0.16741,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F51BC

secondary

#B1CC9D

accent

#D4548A

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F51BC

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

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