#8A50C9#8A50C9

#8A50C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.182 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50C9
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 201)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 60.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 47.79, -54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 72.14, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.0994 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.182 303)
XYZ	xyz(23.8901, 15.3577, 56.9527)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50C9 #8FC950

analogous

#5053C9 #8A50C9 #C650C9

triadic

#8A50C9 #C98A50 #50C98A

tetradic

#8A50C9 #C95053 #8FC950 #50C9C6

square

#8A50C9 #C95053 #8FC950 #50C9C6

split-complementary

#8A50C9 #C9C650 #53C950

monochromatic

#4E2579 #6B34A8 #8A50C9 #A97FD7 #C9AEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8A50C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8A50C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50C9

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50C9	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B6CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.182 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084da',
    500: '#8a50c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50c9;
$custom-light: #b084da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.76,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55598,
    "c": 0.18248,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.15358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50C9

secondary

#BBD4A1

accent

#DC4C97

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50C9

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

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