#8A50D8#8A50D8

#8A50D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.200 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50D8
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 216)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 63%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 51.50, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 79.88, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0986 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.2 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7415, 16.0982, 66.7035)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50D8 #9ED850

analogous

#505AD8 #8A50D8 #CE50D8

triadic

#8A50D8 #D88A50 #50D88A

tetradic

#8A50D8 #D8505A #9ED850 #50D8CE

square

#8A50D8 #D8505A #9ED850 #50D8CE

split-complementary

#8A50D8 #D8CE50 #5AD850

monochromatic

#4F208E #6A2BC0 #8A50D8 #AB82E3 #CDB4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8A50D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8A50D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50D8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50D8	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#126FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.200 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184e5',
    500: '#8a50d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50d8;
$custom-light: #b184e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.588,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56625,
    "c": 0.19971,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50D8

secondary

#C6DDA7

accent

#E741A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50D8

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

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