#8E50E7#8E50E7

#8E50E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.217 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E50E7
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 231)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 56.07, -67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 87.49, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1025 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.217 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4441, 17.2572, 77.4182)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E50E7 #A9E750

analogous

#505DE7 #8E50E7 #D950E7

triadic

#8E50E7 #E78E50 #50E78E

tetradic

#8E50E7 #E7505D #A9E750 #50E7D9

square

#8E50E7 #E7505D #A9E750 #50E7D9

split-complementary

#8E50E7 #E7D950 #5DE750

monochromatic

#5217A6 #6C1EDC #8E50E7 #B186EE #D4BCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8E50E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8E50E7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E50E7

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E50E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E50E7	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e50e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.217 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b585f0',
    500: '#8e50e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e50e7;
$custom-light: #b585f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e50e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.636,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5812,
    "c": 0.21718,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E50E7

secondary

#CEE6AD

accent

#D80D85

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E50E7

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

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