#8D50E5#8D50E5

#8D50E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.215 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D50E5
RGB	rgb(141, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 55.37, -66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 86.49, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1014 -0.1894)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.215 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9924, 17.0568, 75.9310)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D50E5 #A8E550

analogous

#505DE5 #8D50E5 #D850E5

triadic

#8D50E5 #E58D50 #50E58D

tetradic

#8D50E5 #E5505D #A8E550 #50E5D8

square

#8D50E5 #E5505D #A8E550 #50E5D8

split-complementary

#8D50E5 #E5D850 #5DE550

monochromatic

#5118A2 #6B20D8 #8D50E5 #B085ED #D2BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8D50E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8D50E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D50E5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D50E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D50E5	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d50e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.215 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485ee',
    500: '#8d50e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d50e5;
$custom-light: #b485ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d50e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.564,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5787,
    "c": 0.21482,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D50E5

secondary

#CEE5AC

accent

#D60F85

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D50E5

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

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