#8B50DD#8B50DD

#8B50DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.206 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50DD
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 63.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 52.96, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 82.44, 309.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.0996 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.206 299)
XYZ	xyz(26.5640, 16.4464, 70.1675)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50DD #A2DD50

analogous

#505CDD #8B50DD #D150DD

triadic

#8B50DD #DD8B50 #50DD8B

tetradic

#8B50DD #DD505C #A2DD50 #50DDD1

square

#8B50DD #DD505C #A2DD50 #50DDD1

split-complementary

#8B50DD #DDD150 #5CDD50

monochromatic

#4F1D96 #6B27C9 #8B50DD #AD83E7 #CFB6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8B50DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8B50DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50DD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50DD	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.206 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e8',
    500: '#8b50dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50dd;
$custom-light: #b284e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.106,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57084,
    "c": 0.20555,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.16447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50DD

secondary

#C9E0A9

accent

#EA3DA2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50DD

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

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