#8B50BF#8B50BF

#8B50BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.171 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50BF
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 191)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 58.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 45.61, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 66.98, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1008 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.171 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9181, 14.9881, 50.9657)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50BF #84BF50

analogous

#5350BF #8B50BF #BF50BB

triadic

#8B50BF #BF8B50 #50BF8B

tetradic

#8B50BF #BF5350 #84BF50 #50BBBF

square

#8B50BF #BF5350 #84BF50 #50BBBF

split-complementary

#8B50BF #BBBF50 #50BF53

monochromatic

#4C286D #6C389A #8B50BF #A97DCF #C6AAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8B50BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8B50BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50BF

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50BF	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.171 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084d3',
    500: '#8b50bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50bf;
$custom-light: #b084d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.892,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55058,
    "c": 0.17117,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50BF

secondary

#B4CD9D

accent

#D65290

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50BF

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

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