#8B50DF#8B50DF

#8B50DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.208 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50DF
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 223)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 64.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 53.46, -64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 83.46, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.0994 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.208 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8321, 16.5537, 71.5793)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50DF #A4DF50

analogous

#505DDF #8B50DF #D250DF

triadic

#8B50DF #DF8B50 #50DF8B

tetradic

#8B50DF #DF505D #A4DF50 #50DFD2

square

#8B50DF #DF505D #A4DF50 #50DFD2

split-complementary

#8B50DF #DFD250 #5DDF50

monochromatic

#4F1C99 #6A25CC #8B50DF #AD84E8 #D0B7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8B50DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8B50DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50DF

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50DF	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.208 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284ea',
    500: '#8b50df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50df;
$custom-light: #b284ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.755,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57227,
    "c": 0.20781,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50DF

secondary

#CAE1AA

accent

#EC3CA3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50DF

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

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