#8A50B1#8A50B1

#8A50B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.155 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50B1
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 177)
HSL	hsl(276, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 54.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 42.07, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 59.71, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.099 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.155 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2842, 14.3153, 43.2283)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50B1 #77B150

analogous

#5950B1 #8A50B1 #B150A8

triadic

#8A50B1 #B18A50 #50B18A

tetradic

#8A50B1 #B15950 #77B150 #50A8B1

square

#8A50B1 #B15950 #77B150 #50A8B1

split-complementary

#8A50B1 #A8B150 #50B159

monochromatic

#48295D #693C87 #8A50B1 #A67AC4 #C3A5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8A50B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8A50B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50B1

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50B1	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3367B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.155 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83c9',
    500: '#8a50b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50b1;
$custom-light: #af83c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.876,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54082,
    "c": 0.15467,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50B1

secondary

#AAC499

accent

#CE5A88

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50B1

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

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