#8B50DC#8B50DC

#8B50DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.204 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50DC
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 220)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 52.71, -62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 81.93, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0996 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.204 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4312, 16.3933, 69.4680)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50DC #A1DC50

analogous

#505BDC #8B50DC #D150DC

triadic

#8B50DC #DC8B50 #50DC8B

tetradic

#8B50DC #DC505B #A1DC50 #50DCD1

square

#8B50DC #DC505B #A1DC50 #50DCD1

split-complementary

#8B50DC #DCD150 #5BDC50

monochromatic

#4F1E94 #6B28C7 #8B50DC #AD83E6 #CFB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8B50DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8B50DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50DC

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50DC	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.204 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e8',
    500: '#8b50dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50dc;
$custom-light: #b284e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57013,
    "c": 0.20441,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50DC

secondary

#C8DFA8

accent

#EA3EA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50DC

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

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