#8A50DE#8A50DE

#8A50DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.207 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50DE
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 222)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 64%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 53.01, -63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 82.96, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.0981 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.207 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5314, 16.4142, 70.8635)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50DE #A4DE50

analogous

#505DDE #8A50DE #D150DE

triadic

#8A50DE #DE8A50 #50DE8A

tetradic

#8A50DE #DE505D #A4DE50 #50DED1

square

#8A50DE #DE505D #A4DE50 #50DED1

split-complementary

#8A50DE #DED150 #5DDE50

monochromatic

#4F1C97 #6926CB #8A50DE #AC83E8 #CFB7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8A50DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8A50DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50DE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50DE	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.207 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e9',
    500: '#8a50de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50de;
$custom-light: #b284e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.507,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57051,
    "c": 0.20655,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50DE

secondary

#CAE1A9

accent

#EB3DA4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50DE

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

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