#8F51E6#8F51E6

#8F51E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.215 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F51E6
RGB	rgb(143, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 55.52, -66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 86.42, 309.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1029 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.215 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5495, 17.4373, 76.7092)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F51E6 #A8E651

analogous

#515DE6 #8F51E6 #D951E6

triadic

#8F51E6 #E68F51 #51E68F

tetradic

#8F51E6 #E6515D #A8E651 #51E6D9

square

#8F51E6 #E6515D #A8E651 #51E6D9

split-complementary

#8F51E6 #E6D951 #5DE651

monochromatic

#5218A5 #6D1FDA #8F51E6 #B187EE #D4BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8F51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8F51E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F51E6

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F51E6	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.215 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b685ef',
    500: '#8f51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f51e6;
$custom-light: #b685ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.966,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58284,
    "c": 0.21492,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F51E6

secondary

#CEE5AD

accent

#D70E84

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F51E6

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

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