#8B50D7#8B50D7

#8B50D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.199 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50D7
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 215)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 51.46, -60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 79.36, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.199 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7789, 16.1324, 66.0325)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50D7 #9CD750

analogous

#5058D7 #8B50D7 #CE50D7

triadic

#8B50D7 #D78B50 #50D78B

tetradic

#8B50D7 #D75058 #9CD750 #50D7CE

square

#8B50D7 #D75058 #9CD750 #50D7CE

split-complementary

#8B50D7 #D7CE50 #58D750

monochromatic

#4F208C #6C2BBE #8B50D7 #AC82E2 #CDB4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8B50D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8B50D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50D7

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50D7	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#186FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.199 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e4',
    500: '#8b50d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50d7;
$custom-light: #b284e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56661,
    "c": 0.19872,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50D7

secondary

#C5DCA6

accent

#E6429E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50D7

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

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