#8B50CD#8B50CD

#8B50CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.187 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B50CD
RGBrgb(139, 80, 205)
HSLhsl(268, 56%, 56%)
HSVhsv(268, 61%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(32.2%, 61%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(46.49, 49.00, -55.74)
CIE-LCHlch(46.49, 74.21, 311.31°)
OKLaboklab(55.97% 0.1006 -0.158)
OKLCHoklch(55.97% 0.187 302.5)
XYZxyz(24.5330, 15.6340, 59.4710)
Luminance0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B50CD #92CD50
analogous
#5053CD #8B50CD #CA50CD
triadic
#8B50CD #CD8B50 #50CD8B
tetradic
#8B50CD #CD5053 #92CD50 #50CDCA
square
#8B50CD #CD5053 #92CD50 #50CDCA
split-complementary
#8B50CD #CDCA50 #53CD50
monochromatic
#4F247E #6C32AE #8B50CD #AB80DB #CAAFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09
#8B50CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13
#8B50CD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50CD
5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B50CD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B50CD1.005.094.135.09
#FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00
#0000004.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006DD1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2C6ECA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7E6A87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b50cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.187 302.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184dd',
    500: '#8b50cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b50cd;
$custom-light: #b184dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b50cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.32,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55975,
    "c": 0.18729,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B50CD
secondary
#BED6A2
accent
#DF4998
background
#FBF8FD
surface
#F6EFFB
border
#D0CAD4
text
#110B15
muted
#807C83

Preview Lab

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#8B50CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva