#8D50E2#8D50E2

#8D50E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.211 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D50E2
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 54.62, -65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 84.97, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1017 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.211 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5772, 16.8907, 73.7441)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D50E2 #A5E250

analogous

#505CE2 #8D50E2 #D650E2

triadic

#8D50E2 #E28D50 #50E28D

tetradic

#8D50E2 #E2505C #A5E250 #50E2D6

square

#8D50E2 #E2505C #A5E250 #50E2D6

split-complementary

#8D50E2 #E2D650 #5CE250

monochromatic

#511A9E #6C23D2 #8D50E2 #AF84EB #D1B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8D50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8D50E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D50E2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D50E2	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.211 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485ec',
    500: '#8d50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d50e2;
$custom-light: #b485ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.068,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57653,
    "c": 0.21146,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D50E2

secondary

#CCE3AB

accent

#EE39A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D50E2

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

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