#8A50BC#8A50BC

#8A50BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.167 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50BC
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 188)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 57.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 44.65, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 65.40, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.0995 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.167 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4251, 14.7716, 49.2370)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50BC #82BC50

analogous

#5450BC #8A50BC #BC50B8

triadic

#8A50BC #BC8A50 #50BC8A

tetradic

#8A50BC #BC5450 #82BC50 #50B8BC

square

#8A50BC #BC5450 #82BC50 #50B8BC

split-complementary

#8A50BC #B8BC50 #50BC54

monochromatic

#4B2869 #6B3996 #8A50BC #A87CCD #C5A9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8A50BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8A50BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50BC

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50BC	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2769C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82657E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.167 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83d1',
    500: '#8a50bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50bc;
$custom-light: #af83d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54756,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50BC

secondary

#B2CB9C

accent

#D4538F

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50BC

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

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