#8A50D9#8A50D9

#8A50D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.201 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50D9
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 63.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 51.75, -61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 80.39, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.0986 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.201 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8712, 16.1501, 67.3864)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50D9 #9FD950

analogous

#505BD9 #8A50D9 #CE50D9

triadic

#8A50D9 #D98A50 #50D98A

tetradic

#8A50D9 #D9505B #9FD950 #50D9CE

square

#8A50D9 #D9505B #9FD950 #50D9CE

split-complementary

#8A50D9 #D9CE50 #5BD950

monochromatic

#4F1F8F #6A2AC2 #8A50D9 #AC82E4 #CDB5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8A50D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A50D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50D9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50D9	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E6FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.201 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184e6',
    500: '#8a50d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50d9;
$custom-light: #b184e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.401,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56695,
    "c": 0.20085,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50D9

secondary

#C7DEA7

accent

#E740A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50D9

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

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