#8E50DE#8E50DE

#8E50DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.207 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50DE
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 222)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 64%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 53.83, -63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 82.92, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1035 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.207 300)
XYZ	xyz(27.2056, 16.7618, 70.8951)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50DE #A0DE50

analogous

#5059DE #8E50DE #D550DE

triadic

#8E50DE #DE8E50 #50DE8E

tetradic

#8E50DE #DE5059 #A0DE50 #50DED5

square

#8E50DE #DE5059 #A0DE50 #50DED5

split-complementary

#8E50DE #DED550 #59DE50

monochromatic

#521C97 #6E26CB #8E50DE #AF83E8 #D0B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8E50DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8E50DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50DE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50DE	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0671DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.207 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485e9',
    500: '#8e50de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50de;
$custom-light: #b485e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57473,
    "c": 0.20712,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.16762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50DE

secondary

#C8E1A9

accent

#EB3D9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50DE

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

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