#8A50BB#8A50BB

#8A50BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.166 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50BB
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 57.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, 44.41, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 64.88, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.0994 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.166 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3177, 14.7287, 48.6713)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50BB #81BB50

analogous

#5450BB #8A50BB #BB50B7

triadic

#8A50BB #BB8A50 #50BB8A

tetradic

#8A50BB #BB5450 #81BB50 #50B7BB

square

#8A50BB #BB5450 #81BB50 #50B7BB

split-complementary

#8A50BB #B7BB50 #50BB54

monochromatic

#4B2868 #6B3A94 #8A50BB #A77CCC #C5A8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#8A50BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8A50BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50BB

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50BB	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2869BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82647E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.166 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83d0',
    500: '#8a50bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50bb;
$custom-light: #af83d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.523,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54693,
    "c": 0.16626,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50BB

secondary

#B1CB9C

accent

#D4548F

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50BB

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

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