#8B50BE#8B50BE

#8B50BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.170 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50BE
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 190)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 57.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 45.38, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 66.46, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.1008 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.17 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8084, 14.9442, 50.3882)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50BE #83BE50

analogous

#5450BE #8B50BE #BE50BA

triadic

#8B50BE #BE8B50 #50BE8B

tetradic

#8B50BE #BE5450 #83BE50 #50BABE

square

#8B50BE #BE5450 #83BE50 #50BABE

split-complementary

#8B50BE #BABE50 #50BE54

monochromatic

#4C286C #6C3998 #8B50BE #A97DCF #C6A9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8B50BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8B50BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50BE

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50BE	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.170 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084d2',
    500: '#8b50be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50be;
$custom-light: #b084d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.182,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54995,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50BE

secondary

#B3CD9D

accent

#D5528F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50BE

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

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