#8A50B3#8A50B3

#8A50B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.157 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50B3
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 179)
HSL	hsl(275, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 55.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 42.53, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 60.74, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.0991 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.157 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4850, 14.3956, 44.2859)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50B3 #79B350

analogous

#5850B3 #8A50B3 #B350AA

triadic

#8A50B3 #B38A50 #50B38A

tetradic

#8A50B3 #B35850 #79B350 #50AAB3

square

#8A50B3 #B35850 #79B350 #50AAB3

split-complementary

#8A50B3 #AAB350 #50B358

monochromatic

#49295F #6A3C8A #8A50B3 #A77BC6 #C3A5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8A50B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8A50B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50B3

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50B3	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3167B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84627A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.157 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83ca',
    500: '#8a50b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50b3;
$custom-light: #af83ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.152,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54202,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50B3

secondary

#ACC599

accent

#CF588A

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50B3

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

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