#8A50D5#8A50D5

#8A50D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.196 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50D5
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 213)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 62.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 50.75, -59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 78.34, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.0988 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.196 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3572, 15.9445, 64.6796)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50D5 #9BD550

analogous

#5059D5 #8A50D5 #CC50D5

triadic

#8A50D5 #D58A50 #50D58A

tetradic

#8A50D5 #D55059 #9BD550 #50D5CC

square

#8A50D5 #D55059 #9BD550 #50D5CC

split-complementary

#8A50D5 #D5CC50 #59D550

monochromatic

#4F218A #6B2DBB #8A50D5 #AB81E1 #CCB3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8A50D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8A50D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50D5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50D5	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B6ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.196 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184e3',
    500: '#8a50d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50d5;
$custom-light: #b184e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.165,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56415,
    "c": 0.19628,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50D5

secondary

#C4DBA6

accent

#E4439E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50D5

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

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