#8E50E2#8E50E2

#8E50E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.212 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50E2
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 54.82, -64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 84.95, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1031 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.212 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7480, 16.9788, 73.7521)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50E2 #A4E250

analogous

#505BE2 #8E50E2 #D750E2

triadic

#8E50E2 #E28E50 #50E28E

tetradic

#8E50E2 #E2505B #A4E250 #50E2D7

square

#8E50E2 #E2505B #A4E250 #50E2D7

split-complementary

#8E50E2 #E2D750 #5BE250

monochromatic

#521A9E #6D23D2 #8E50E2 #B084EB #D2B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8E50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8E50E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50E2

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50E2	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.212 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b585ec',
    500: '#8e50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50e2;
$custom-light: #b585ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.479,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57758,
    "c": 0.2116,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50E2

secondary

#CBE3AB

accent

#EE39A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50E2

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

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