#8F51E1#8F51E1

#8F51E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.209 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F51E1
RGB	rgb(143, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 54.27, -63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 83.88, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1034 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.209 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8574, 17.1605, 73.0642)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F51E1 #A3E151

analogous

#515BE1 #8F51E1 #D751E1

triadic

#8F51E1 #E18F51 #51E18F

tetradic

#8F51E1 #E1515B #A3E151 #51E1D7

square

#8F51E1 #E1515B #A3E151 #51E1D7

split-complementary

#8F51E1 #E1D751 #5BE151

monochromatic

#531B9D #6E24D1 #8F51E1 #B185EA #D2B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8F51E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8F51E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F51E1

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F51E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F51E1	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f51e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.209 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b585eb',
    500: '#8f51e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f51e1;
$custom-light: #b585eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f51e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57926,
    "c": 0.20933,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F51E1

secondary

#CBE3AB

accent

#ED3AA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F51E1

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

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