#8A50B0#8A50B0

#8A50B0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.154 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50B0
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 176)
HSL	hsl(276, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 41.84, -41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 59.19, 314.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.0989 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.154 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1849, 14.2756, 42.7053)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50B0 #76B050

analogous

#5A50B0 #8A50B0 #B050A6

triadic

#8A50B0 #B08A50 #50B08A

tetradic

#8A50B0 #B05A50 #76B050 #50A6B0

square

#8A50B0 #B05A50 #76B050 #50A6B0

split-complementary

#8A50B0 #A6B050 #50B05A

monochromatic

#482A5C #693D86 #8A50B0 #A67AC3 #C2A4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8A50B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8A50B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50B0

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50B0	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3467B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.154 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83c8',
    500: '#8a50b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50b0;
$custom-light: #af83c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54022,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50B0

secondary

#A9C398

accent

#CE5A88

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50B0

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

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