#8A50B4#8A50B4

#8A50B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.158 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50B4
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 180)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 55.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 42.77, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 61.26, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.0992 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.158 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5865, 14.4362, 44.8205)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50B4 #7AB450

analogous

#5850B4 #8A50B4 #B450AC

triadic

#8A50B4 #B48A50 #50B48A

tetradic

#8A50B4 #B45850 #7AB450 #50ACB4

square

#8A50B4 #B45850 #7AB450 #50ACB4

split-complementary

#8A50B4 #ACB450 #50B458

monochromatic

#492960 #6A3C8B #8A50B4 #A77BC6 #C3A6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8A50B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8A50B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50B4

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50B4	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3068B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84627A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.158 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83cb',
    500: '#8a50b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50b4;
$custom-light: #af83cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54262,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50B4

secondary

#ACC69A

accent

#D0588A

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50B4

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

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