#8E50DF#8E50DF

#8E50DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.208 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50DF
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 223)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 54.08, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 83.43, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1034 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.208 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3400, 16.8156, 71.6031)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50DF #A1DF50

analogous

#505ADF #8E50DF #D650DF

triadic

#8E50DF #DF8E50 #50DF8E

tetradic

#8E50DF #DF505A #A1DF50 #50DFD6

square

#8E50DF #DF505A #A1DF50 #50DFD6

split-complementary

#8E50DF #DFD650 #5ADF50

monochromatic

#521C99 #6E25CC #8E50DF #AF84E8 #D1B7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8E50DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8E50DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50DF

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50DF	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0171DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.208 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b485ea',
    500: '#8e50df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50df;
$custom-light: #b485ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.014,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57544,
    "c": 0.20824,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50DF

secondary

#C9E1AA

accent

#EC3CA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50DF

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

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