#8E50CF#8E50CF

#8E50CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.190 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50CF
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 207)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 61.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 50.16, -56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 75.26, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1044 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.19 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2839, 15.9931, 60.7743)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50CF #91CF50

analogous

#5052CF #8E50CF #CE50CF

triadic

#8E50CF #CF8E50 #50CF8E

tetradic

#8E50CF #CF5052 #91CF50 #50CFCE

square

#8E50CF #CF5052 #91CF50 #50CFCE

split-complementary

#8E50CF #CFCE50 #52CF50

monochromatic

#512381 #6F31B1 #8E50CF #AD80DC #CCB0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8E50CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8E50CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50CF

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50CF	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.190 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b384de',
    500: '#8e50cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50cf;
$custom-light: #b384de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.291,
    "s": 56.951,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56438,
    "c": 0.19021,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50CF

secondary

#BED8A3

accent

#E04896

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50CF

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

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