#8D50E3#8D50E3

#8D50E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.213 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D50E3
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 227)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 64.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 54.87, -65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 85.47, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1016 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.213 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7148, 16.9457, 74.4688)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D50E3 #A6E350

analogous

#505CE3 #8D50E3 #D750E3

triadic

#8D50E3 #E38D50 #50E38D

tetradic

#8D50E3 #E3505C #A6E350 #50E3D7

square

#8D50E3 #E3505C #A6E350 #50E3D7

split-complementary

#8D50E3 #E3D750 #5CE350

monochromatic

#51199F #6C22D4 #8D50E3 #AF85EB #D2BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8D50E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8D50E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D50E3

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D50E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D50E3	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d50e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.213 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485ed',
    500: '#8d50e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d50e3;
$custom-light: #b485ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d50e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.898,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57725,
    "c": 0.21258,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D50E3

secondary

#CCE4AB

accent

#D41183

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D50E3

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

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