#8A50E9#8A50E9

#8A50E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.219 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50E9
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 233)
HSL	hsl(263, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 65.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 55.80, -68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 88.57, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.097 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.219 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0540, 17.0232, 78.8827)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50E9 #AFE950

analogous

#5063E9 #8A50E9 #D750E9

triadic

#8A50E9 #E98A50 #50E98A

tetradic

#8A50E9 #E95063 #AFE950 #50E9D7

square

#8A50E9 #E95063 #AFE950 #50E9D7

split-complementary

#8A50E9 #E9D750 #63E950

monochromatic

#4D15A9 #661CE0 #8A50E9 #AE86F0 #D3BDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#8A50E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8A50E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50E9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50E9	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.219 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b385f1',
    500: '#8a50e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50e9;
$custom-light: #b385f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.745,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57855,
    "c": 0.21898,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50E9

secondary

#D1E7AE

accent

#DA0C8C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50E9

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

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