#8A50D6#8A50D6

#8A50D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.197 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50D6
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 214)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 62.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 51.00, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 78.85, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.0988 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.197 300)
XYZ	xyz(25.4845, 15.9954, 65.3501)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50D6 #9CD650

analogous

#5059D6 #8A50D6 #CD50D6

triadic

#8A50D6 #D68A50 #50D68A

tetradic

#8A50D6 #D65059 #9CD650 #50D6CD

square

#8A50D6 #D65059 #9CD650 #50D6CD

split-complementary

#8A50D6 #D6CD50 #59D650

monochromatic

#4F218B #6B2CBD #8A50D6 #AB82E2 #CCB3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8A50D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8A50D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50D6

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50D6	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#186ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.197 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184e3',
    500: '#8a50d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50d6;
$custom-light: #b184e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.97,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56484,
    "c": 0.19742,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50D6

secondary

#C5DCA6

accent

#E5439F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50D6

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

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