#8C50E2#8C50E2

#8C50E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.211 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C50E2
RGB	rgb(140, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 54.42, -65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 84.98, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1004 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.211 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4079, 16.8034, 73.7361)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C50E2 #A6E250

analogous

#505DE2 #8C50E2 #D550E2

triadic

#8C50E2 #E28C50 #50E28C

tetradic

#8C50E2 #E2505D #A6E250 #50E2D5

square

#8C50E2 #E2505D #A6E250 #50E2D5

split-complementary

#8C50E2 #E2D550 #5DE250

monochromatic

#501A9E #6B23D2 #8C50E2 #AF84EB #D1B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8C50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8C50E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C50E2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C50E2	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.211 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b384ec',
    500: '#8c50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c50e2;
$custom-light: #b384ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57548,
    "c": 0.21133,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C50E2

secondary

#CCE3AB

accent

#EE39A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C50E2

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

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