#8C50CD#8C50CD

#8C50CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.188 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C50CD
RGB	rgb(140, 80, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 61%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 49.22, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 74.22, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1019 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.188 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7008, 15.7206, 59.4788)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C50CD #91CD50

analogous

#5052CD #8C50CD #CB50CD

triadic

#8C50CD #CD8C50 #50CD8C

tetradic

#8C50CD #CD5052 #91CD50 #50CDCB

square

#8C50CD #CD5052 #91CD50 #50CDCB

split-complementary

#8C50CD #CDCB50 #52CD50

monochromatic

#4F247E #6D32AE #8C50CD #AB80DB #CBAFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8C50CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8C50CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C50CD

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C50CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C50CD	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c50cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 80, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.188 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284dd',
    500: '#8c50cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c50cd;
$custom-light: #b284dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c50cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56084,
    "c": 0.1875,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C50CD

secondary

#BDD6A2

accent

#DF4997

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C50CD

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

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