#8A50E6#8A50E6

#8A50E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.216 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50E6
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 55.03, -67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 87.04, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.0973 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.216 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6291, 16.8533, 76.6449)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50E6 #ACE650

analogous

#5061E6 #8A50E6 #D550E6

triadic

#8A50E6 #E68A50 #50E68A

tetradic

#8A50E6 #E65061 #ACE650 #50E6D5

square

#8A50E6 #E65061 #ACE650 #50E6D5

split-complementary

#8A50E6 #E6D550 #61E650

monochromatic

#4E17A4 #671FDA #8A50E6 #AE86EE #D2BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8A50E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8A50E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50E6

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50E6	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.216 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284ef',
    500: '#8a50e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50e6;
$custom-light: #b284ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.2,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57633,
    "c": 0.2156,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50E6

secondary

#CFE5AC

accent

#D70E8A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50E6

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

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