#8D50B2#8D50B2

#8D50B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.157 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D50B2
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(277, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 55.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 43.10, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 60.37, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1029 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.157 311)
XYZ	xyz(21.8876, 14.6148, 43.7788)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D50B2 #75B250

analogous

#5C50B2 #8D50B2 #B250A6

triadic

#8D50B2 #B28D50 #50B28D

tetradic

#8D50B2 #B25C50 #75B250 #50A6B2

square

#8D50B2 #B25C50 #75B250 #50A6B2

split-complementary

#8D50B2 #A6B250 #50B25C

monochromatic

#4A295E #6C3C89 #8D50B2 #A97AC5 #C4A5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8D50B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8D50B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D50B2

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D50B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D50B2	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3468B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d50b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.157 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b183c9',
    500: '#8d50b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d50b2;
$custom-light: #b183c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d50b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.347,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54489,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.14614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D50B2

secondary

#AAC599

accent

#CF5985

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D50B2

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

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