#8A50AA#8A50AA

#8A50AA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.147 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50AA
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 170)
HSL	hsl(279, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(279, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 52.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 40.47, -38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 56.11, 316.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.0985 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.147 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6043, 14.0433, 39.6476)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50AA #70AA50

analogous

#5D50AA #8A50AA #AA509D

triadic

#8A50AA #AA8A50 #50AA8A

tetradic

#8A50AA #AA5D50 #70AA50 #509DAA

square

#8A50AA #AA5D50 #70AA50 #509DAA

split-complementary

#8A50AA #9DAA50 #50AA5D

monochromatic

#462957 #683C80 #8A50AA #A678BF #C1A1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8A50AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8A50AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50AA

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50AA	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3966AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.147 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae83c4',
    500: '#8a50aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50aa;
$custom-light: #ae83c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53671,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50AA

secondary

#A5C096

accent

#CC5C84

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#110B12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50AA

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

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