#8B50FF#8B50FF

#8B50FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.243 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B50FF
RGB	rgb(139, 80, 255)
HSL	hsl(260, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 61.62, -78.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 99.60, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.0951 -0.2242)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.243 293)
XYZ	xyz(31.5611, 18.4453, 96.4857)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B50FF #C4FF50

analogous

#506CFF #8B50FF #E350FF

triadic

#8B50FF #FF8B50 #50FF8B

tetradic

#8B50FF #FF506C #C4FF50 #50FFE3

square

#8B50FF #FF506C #C4FF50 #50FFE3

split-complementary

#8B50FF #FFE350 #6CFF50

monochromatic

#4800D5 #6213FF #8B50FF #B48DFF #DCCAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8B50FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8B50FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B50FF

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B50FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B50FF	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#687CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b50ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 80, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.243 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b685ff',
    500: '#8b50ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b50ff;
$custom-light: #b685ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b50ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.229,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59638,
    "c": 0.24348,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.18446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B50FF

secondary

#DFF3B8

accent

#E60098

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120B18

muted

#817C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B50FF

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

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