#8E50D4#8E50D4

#8E50D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.196 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50D4
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 62.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 51.38, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 77.82, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1042 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.196 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9049, 16.2415, 64.0448)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50D4 #96D450

analogous

#5054D4 #8E50D4 #D050D4

triadic

#8E50D4 #D48E50 #50D48E

tetradic

#8E50D4 #D45054 #96D450 #50D4D0

square

#8E50D4 #D45054 #96D450 #50D4D0

split-complementary

#8E50D4 #D4D050 #54D450

monochromatic

#522188 #6F2EB9 #8E50D4 #AE81E0 #CDB2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8E50D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8E50D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50D4

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50D4	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2570D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.196 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b484e2',
    500: '#8e50d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50d4;
$custom-light: #b484e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.182,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56777,
    "c": 0.19586,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50D4

secondary

#C2DBA5

accent

#E44499

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50D4

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

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