#8B50D6#8B50D6

#8B50D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.198 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50D6
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 214)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 62.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 51.22, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 78.85, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1001 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.198 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6508, 16.0811, 65.3579)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50D6 #9BD650

analogous

#5058D6 #8B50D6 #CE50D6

triadic

#8B50D6 #D68B50 #50D68B

tetradic

#8B50D6 #D65058 #9BD650 #50D6CE

square

#8B50D6 #D65058 #9BD650 #50D6CE

split-complementary

#8B50D6 #D6CE50 #58D650

monochromatic

#4F218B #6C2CBD #8B50D6 #AC82E2 #CDB3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8B50D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8B50D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50D6

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50D6	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.198 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e3',
    500: '#8b50d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50d6;
$custom-light: #b284e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.418,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56591,
    "c": 0.19758,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50D6

secondary

#C4DCA6

accent

#E5439E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50D6

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

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