#8F51D7#8F51D7

#8F51D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.198 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F51D7
RGB	rgb(143, 81, 215)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 51.82, -59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 78.79, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1042 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.198 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5330, 16.6307, 66.0890)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F51D7 #99D751

analogous

#5156D7 #8F51D7 #D251D7

triadic

#8F51D7 #D78F51 #51D78F

tetradic

#8F51D7 #D75156 #99D751 #51D7D2

square

#8F51D7 #D75156 #99D751 #51D7D2

split-complementary

#8F51D7 #D7D251 #56D751

monochromatic

#53208D #702CBF #8F51D7 #AF83E2 #CFB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8F51D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8F51D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F51D7

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F51D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F51D7	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2371D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f51d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 81, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.198 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485e4',
    500: '#8f51d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f51d7;
$custom-light: #b485e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f51d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.761,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57229,
    "c": 0.19807,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F51D7

secondary

#C4DDA7

accent

#E6429A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F51D7

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

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