#8B50E9#8B50E9

#8B50E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.219 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B50E9
RGBrgb(139, 80, 233)
HSLhsl(263, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(263, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(40.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(48.40, 55.99, -68.60)
CIE-LCHlch(48.40, 88.55, 309.22°)
OKLaboklab(57.96% 0.0983 -0.1958)
OKLCHoklch(57.96% 0.219 296.7)
XYZxyz(28.2203, 17.1089, 78.8905)
Luminance0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B50E9 #AEE950
analogous
#5062E9 #8B50E9 #D750E9
triadic
#8B50E9 #E98B50 #50E98B
tetradic
#8B50E9 #E95062 #AEE950 #50E9D7
square
#8B50E9 #E95062 #AEE950 #50E9D7
split-complementary
#8B50E9 #E9D750 #62E950
monochromatic
#4E15A9 #681CE0 #8B50E9 #AF86F0 #D3BDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75
#8B50E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42
#8B50E9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B50E9
4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B50E9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B50E91.004.754.424.75
#FFFFFF4.751.0021.001.00
#0000004.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.751.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0074EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0071E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#737496
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b50e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.219 296.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b385f1',
    500: '#8b50e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b50e9;
$custom-light: #b385f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b50e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.137,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57957,
    "c": 0.21908,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B50E9
secondary
#D1E7AE
accent
#DA0C8A
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFD
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120B17
muted
#817C85

Preview Lab

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#8B50E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva