#8B50E7#8B50E7

#8B50E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.217 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50E7
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 231)
HSL	hsl(263, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 55.48, -67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 87.54, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.0985 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.217 297)
XYZ	xyz(27.9362, 16.9953, 77.3944)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50E7 #ACE750

analogous

#5060E7 #8B50E7 #D750E7

triadic

#8B50E7 #E78B50 #50E78B

tetradic

#8B50E7 #E75060 #ACE750 #50E7D7

square

#8B50E7 #E75060 #ACE750 #50E7D7

split-complementary

#8B50E7 #E7D750 #60E750

monochromatic

#4F17A6 #681EDC #8B50E7 #AF86EE #D2BCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#8B50E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8B50E7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50E7

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B50E7	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.217 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b385f0',
    500: '#8b50e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50e7;
$custom-light: #b385f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.444,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57809,
    "c": 0.21684,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.16996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50E7

secondary

#D0E6AD

accent

#D80D89

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50E7

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

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