#8A50C8#8A50C8

#8A50C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.181 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50C8
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 60%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 47.54, -53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 71.62, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.0994 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.181 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7729, 15.3108, 56.3352)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50C8 #8EC850

analogous

#5052C8 #8A50C8 #C650C8

triadic

#8A50C8 #C88A50 #50C88A

tetradic

#8A50C8 #C85052 #8EC850 #50C8C6

square

#8A50C8 #C85052 #8EC850 #50C8C6

split-complementary

#8A50C8 #C8C650 #52C850

monochromatic

#4D2678 #6B34A6 #8A50C8 #A97FD7 #C8ADE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8A50C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8A50C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50C8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50C8	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F6CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.181 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084d9',
    500: '#8a50c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50c8;
$custom-light: #b084d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55531,
    "c": 0.18131,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50C8

secondary

#BBD3A1

accent

#DC4C96

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50C8

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

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