#8B50DB#8B50DB

#8B50DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.203 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50DB
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 52.46, -62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 81.41, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.0997 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.203 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2991, 16.3405, 68.7726)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50DB #A0DB50

analogous

#505ADB #8B50DB #D150DB

triadic

#8B50DB #DB8B50 #50DB8B

tetradic

#8B50DB #DB505A #A0DB50 #50DBD1

square

#8B50DB #DB505A #A0DB50 #50DBD1

split-complementary

#8B50DB #DBD150 #5ADB50

monochromatic

#501E92 #6B29C5 #8B50DB #AD83E5 #CEB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8B50DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8B50DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50DB

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50DB	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#086FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.203 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e7',
    500: '#8b50db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50db;
$custom-light: #b284e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.468,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56942,
    "c": 0.20328,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50DB

secondary

#C8DFA8

accent

#E93FA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50DB

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

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