#8B50BC#8B50BC

#8B50BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.168 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50BC
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 188)
HSL	hsl(273, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 57.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 44.90, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 65.43, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1008 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.168 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5913, 14.8574, 49.2448)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50BC #81BC50

analogous

#5550BC #8B50BC #BC50B7

triadic

#8B50BC #BC8B50 #50BC8B

tetradic

#8B50BC #BC5550 #81BC50 #50B7BC

square

#8B50BC #BC5550 #81BC50 #50B7BC

split-complementary

#8B50BC #B7BC50 #50BC55

monochromatic

#4C2869 #6C3996 #8B50BC #A87CCD #C6A9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8B50BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8B50BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50BC

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50BC	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2769C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83647E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.168 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084d1',
    500: '#8b50bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50bc;
$custom-light: #b084d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54869,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50BC

secondary

#B2CB9C

accent

#D4538E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50BC

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

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