#8A50B8#8A50B8

#8A50B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.163 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50B8
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 184)
HSL	hsl(273, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 56.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 43.70, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 63.33, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.0993 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.163 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9999, 14.6016, 46.9975)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50B8 #7EB850

analogous

#5650B8 #8A50B8 #B850B2

triadic

#8A50B8 #B88A50 #50B88A

tetradic

#8A50B8 #B85650 #7EB850 #50B2B8

square

#8A50B8 #B85650 #7EB850 #50B2B8

split-complementary

#8A50B8 #B2B850 #50B856

monochromatic

#4A2965 #6A3B90 #8A50B8 #A77CCA #C4A7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8A50B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8A50B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50B8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50B8	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C68BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83637C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.163 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83ce',
    500: '#8a50b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50b8;
$custom-light: #af83ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54507,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50B8

secondary

#AFC99B

accent

#D2568D

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50B8

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

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