#8E50CC#8E50CC

#8E50CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.187 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50CC
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 204)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 60.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 49.44, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 73.73, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1046 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.187 304)
XYZ	xyz(24.9206, 15.8478, 58.8611)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50CC #8ECC50

analogous

#5050CC #8E50CC #CC50CC

triadic

#8E50CC #CC8E50 #50CC8E

tetradic

#8E50CC #CC5050 #8ECC50 #50CCCC

square

#8E50CC #CC5050 #8ECC50 #50CCCC

split-complementary

#8E50CC #CCCC50 #50CC50

monochromatic

#51247D #6F32AD #8E50CC #AD7FDA #CBAFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8E50CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8E50CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50CC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50CC	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#066DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.187 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b384dc',
    500: '#8e50cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50cc;
$custom-light: #b384dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56238,
    "c": 0.18681,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.15848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50CC

secondary

#BCD6A2

accent

#DE4A94

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50CC

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

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