#8D50E1#8D50E1

#8D50E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.210 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D50E1
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 225)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 64.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 54.37, -64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 84.46, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.1018 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.21 299)
XYZ	xyz(27.4404, 16.8360, 73.0235)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D50E1 #A4E150

analogous

#505CE1 #8D50E1 #D550E1

triadic

#8D50E1 #E18D50 #50E18D

tetradic

#8D50E1 #E1505C #A4E150 #50E1D5

square

#8D50E1 #E1505C #A4E150 #50E1D5

split-complementary

#8D50E1 #E1D550 #5CE150

monochromatic

#511B9C #6C24D0 #8D50E1 #AF84EA #D1B8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8D50E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8D50E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D50E1

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D50E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D50E1	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d50e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.210 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485eb',
    500: '#8d50e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d50e1;
$custom-light: #b485eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d50e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.241,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57581,
    "c": 0.21034,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.16836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D50E1

secondary

#CBE2AA

accent

#ED3AA2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D50E1

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

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