#8A50E0#8A50E0

#8A50E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.209 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50E0
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 224)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 53.51, -64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 83.98, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.0979 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.209 298)
XYZ	xyz(26.8010, 16.5220, 72.2836)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50E0 #A6E050

analogous

#505EE0 #8A50E0 #D250E0

triadic

#8A50E0 #E08A50 #50E08A

tetradic

#8A50E0 #E0505E #A6E050 #50E0D2

square

#8A50E0 #E0505E #A6E050 #50E0D2

split-complementary

#8A50E0 #E0D250 #5EE050

monochromatic

#4E1B9A #6925CE #8A50E0 #AD84E9 #D0B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8A50E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A50E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50E0

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50E0	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.209 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284eb',
    500: '#8a50e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50e0;
$custom-light: #b284eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57195,
    "c": 0.20881,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.16522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50E0

secondary

#CBE2AA

accent

#ED3BA5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50E0

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

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