#8E50C8#8E50C8

#8E50C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.182 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50C8
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 60%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 48.48, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 71.68, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1047 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.182 305)
XYZ	xyz(24.4470, 15.6584, 56.3668)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50C8 #8AC850

analogous

#5250C8 #8E50C8 #C850C6

triadic

#8E50C8 #C88E50 #50C88E

tetradic

#8E50C8 #C85250 #8AC850 #50C6C8

square

#8E50C8 #C85250 #8AC850 #50C6C8

split-complementary

#8E50C8 #C6C850 #50C852

monochromatic

#502678 #6F34A6 #8E50C8 #AC7FD7 #CAADE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8E50C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8E50C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50C8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50C8	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#156CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.182 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b384d9',
    500: '#8e50c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50c8;
$custom-light: #b384d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55975,
    "c": 0.18227,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.15658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50C8

secondary

#B9D3A1

accent

#DC4C92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50C8

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

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