#8B50C7#8B50C7

#8B50C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.180 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50C7
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 199)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 59.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 47.53, -52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 71.12, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1008 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.18 304)
XYZ	xyz(23.8226, 15.3499, 55.7296)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50C7 #8CC750

analogous

#5051C7 #8B50C7 #C750C7

triadic

#8B50C7 #C78B50 #50C78B

tetradic

#8B50C7 #C75051 #8CC750 #50C7C7

square

#8B50C7 #C75051 #8CC750 #50C7C7

split-complementary

#8B50C7 #C7C750 #51C750

monochromatic

#4E2677 #6C35A5 #8B50C7 #AA7ED6 #C8ADE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8B50C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8B50C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50C7

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50C7	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#136CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.180 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184d9',
    500: '#8b50c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50c7;
$custom-light: #b184d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.748,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55576,
    "c": 0.18039,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.1535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50C7

secondary

#BAD2A0

accent

#DB4D94

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50C7

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

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