#8C50DE#8C50DE

#8C50DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.207 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C50DE
RGB	rgb(140, 80, 222)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 64%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 53.42, -63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 82.94, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1008 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.207 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8654, 16.5864, 70.8792)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C50DE #A2DE50

analogous

#505BDE #8C50DE #D350DE

triadic

#8C50DE #DE8C50 #50DE8C

tetradic

#8C50DE #DE505B #A2DE50 #50DED3

square

#8C50DE #DE505B #A2DE50 #50DED3

split-complementary

#8C50DE #DED350 #5BDE50

monochromatic

#501C97 #6C26CB #8C50DE #AE83E8 #D0B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8C50DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8C50DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C50DE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C50DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C50DE	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c50de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 80, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.207 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b384e9',
    500: '#8c50de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c50de;
$custom-light: #b384e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c50de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.352,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57261,
    "c": 0.20682,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C50DE

secondary

#C9E1A9

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C50DE

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

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