#8B50C8#8B50C8

#8B50C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.182 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50C8
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 60%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 47.78, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 71.63, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.1007 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.182 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9391, 15.3965, 56.3430)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50C8 #8DC850

analogous

#5051C8 #8B50C8 #C750C8

triadic

#8B50C8 #C88B50 #50C88B

tetradic

#8B50C8 #C85051 #8DC850 #50C8C7

square

#8B50C8 #C85051 #8DC850 #50C8C7

split-complementary

#8B50C8 #C8C750 #51C850

monochromatic

#4E2678 #6C34A6 #8B50C8 #AA7FD7 #C9ADE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8B50C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8B50C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50C8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50C8	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.182 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184d9',
    500: '#8b50c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50c8;
$custom-light: #b184d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55641,
    "c": 0.18155,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50C8

secondary

#BAD3A1

accent

#DC4C95

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50C8

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

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