#8B50D9#8B50D9

#8B50D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.201 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50D9
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 51.96, -61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 80.39, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.0999 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.201 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0374, 16.2358, 67.3942)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50D9 #9ED950

analogous

#505AD9 #8B50D9 #CF50D9

triadic

#8B50D9 #D98B50 #50D98B

tetradic

#8B50D9 #D9505A #9ED950 #50D9CF

square

#8B50D9 #D9505A #9ED950 #50D9CF

split-complementary

#8B50D9 #D9CF50 #5AD950

monochromatic

#501F8F #6B2AC2 #8B50D9 #AC82E4 #CEB5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8B50D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8B50D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50D9

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50D9	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#116FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.201 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e6',
    500: '#8b50d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50d9;
$custom-light: #b284e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.839,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56801,
    "c": 0.20101,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50D9

secondary

#C6DEA7

accent

#E7409F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50D9

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

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