#8F51CA#8F51CA

#8F51CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.183 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F51CA
RGB	rgb(143, 81, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 59.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 48.67, -53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 72.13, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1047 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.183 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9285, 15.9889, 57.6386)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F51CA #8CCA51

analogous

#5251CA #8F51CA #CA51C8

triadic

#8F51CA #CA8F51 #51CA8F

tetradic

#8F51CA #CA5251 #8CCA51 #51C8CA

square

#8F51CA #CA5251 #8CCA51 #51C8CA

split-complementary

#8F51CA #C8CA51 #51CA52

monochromatic

#51257B #7034AA #8F51CA #AD80D8 #CBAFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8F51CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8F51CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F51CA

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F51CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F51CA	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#156ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f51ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 81, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.183 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b385db',
    500: '#8f51ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f51ca;
$custom-light: #b385db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f51ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.744,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56359,
    "c": 0.18334,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F51CA

secondary

#BBD5A2

accent

#DD4B92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F51CA

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

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