#8D50B4#8D50B4

#8D50B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.159 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D50B4
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 180)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 43.56, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 61.39, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.103 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.159 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0898, 14.6957, 44.8441)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D50B4 #77B450

analogous

#5B50B4 #8D50B4 #B450A9

triadic

#8D50B4 #B48D50 #50B48D

tetradic

#8D50B4 #B45B50 #77B450 #50A9B4

square

#8D50B4 #B45B50 #77B450 #50A9B4

split-complementary

#8D50B4 #A9B450 #50B45B

monochromatic

#4B2960 #6C3C8B #8D50B4 #A97BC6 #C5A6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8D50B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8D50B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D50B4

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D50B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D50B4	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3268B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88627A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d50b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.159 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b183cb',
    500: '#8d50b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d50b4;
$custom-light: #b183cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d50b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.6,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54608,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D50B4

secondary

#ABC69A

accent

#D05887

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D50B4

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

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