#8E50CE#8E50CE

#8E50CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.189 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50CE
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 206)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 61.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 49.92, -55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 74.75, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1045 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.189 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1620, 15.9444, 60.1325)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50CE #90CE50

analogous

#5051CE #8E50CE #CD50CE

triadic

#8E50CE #CE8E50 #50CE8E

tetradic

#8E50CE #CE5051 #90CE50 #50CECD

square

#8E50CE #CE5051 #90CE50 #50CECD

split-complementary

#8E50CE #CECD50 #51CE50

monochromatic

#512480 #6F31B0 #8E50CE #AD80DB #CCB0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8E50CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8E50CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50CE

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50CE	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.189 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b384de',
    500: '#8e50ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50ce;
$custom-light: #b384de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.524,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56371,
    "c": 0.18907,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50CE

secondary

#BDD7A3

accent

#E04895

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50CE

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

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