#8B50B2#8B50B2

#8B50B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.156 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50B2
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 178)
HSL	hsl(276, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 55.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 42.57, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 60.27, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1004 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.156 310)
XYZ	xyz(21.5505, 14.4410, 43.7630)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50B2 #77B250

analogous

#5A50B2 #8B50B2 #B250A8

triadic

#8B50B2 #B28B50 #50B28B

tetradic

#8B50B2 #B25A50 #77B250 #50A8B2

square

#8B50B2 #B25A50 #77B250 #50A8B2

split-complementary

#8B50B2 #A8B250 #50B25A

monochromatic

#49295E #6A3C89 #8B50B2 #A77AC5 #C3A5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8B50B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8B50B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50B2

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50B2	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3367B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.156 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af83c9',
    500: '#8b50b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50b2;
$custom-light: #af83c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.122,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54257,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.14441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50B2

secondary

#AAC599

accent

#CF5988

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50B2

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

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