#8F51E4#8F51E4

#8F51E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.213 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F51E4
RGB	rgb(143, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 55.02, -65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 85.40, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1031 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.213 299)
XYZ	xyz(28.2702, 17.3256, 75.2385)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F51E4 #A6E451

analogous

#515CE4 #8F51E4 #D851E4

triadic

#8F51E4 #E48F51 #51E48F

tetradic

#8F51E4 #E4515C #A6E451 #51E4D8

square

#8F51E4 #E4515C #A6E451 #51E4D8

split-complementary

#8F51E4 #E4D851 #5CE451

monochromatic

#5319A2 #6E21D7 #8F51E4 #B186EC #D3BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8F51E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8F51E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F51E4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F51E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F51E4	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f51e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.213 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b585ed',
    500: '#8f51e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f51e4;
$custom-light: #b585ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f51e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.306,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5814,
    "c": 0.21269,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F51E4

secondary

#CDE4AC

accent

#D51082

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F51E4

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

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