#8A50B2#8A50B2

#8A50B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.156 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50B2
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 178)
HSL	hsl(276, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 55.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 42.30, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 60.22, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.0991 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.156 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3842, 14.3553, 43.7552)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50B2 #78B250

analogous

#5950B2 #8A50B2 #B250A9

triadic

#8A50B2 #B28A50 #50B28A

tetradic

#8A50B2 #B25950 #78B250 #50A9B2

square

#8A50B2 #B25950 #78B250 #50A9B2

split-complementary

#8A50B2 #A9B250 #50B259

monochromatic

#49295E #693C89 #8A50B2 #A67AC5 #C3A5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8A50B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8A50B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50B2

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50B2	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3267B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.156 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83c9',
    500: '#8a50b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50b2;
$custom-light: #af83c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54141,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50B2

secondary

#ABC599

accent

#CF5989

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50B2

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

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