#8853BF#8853BF

#8853BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.166 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8853BF
RGB	rgb(136, 83, 191)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 56.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 43.25, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 65.09, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.093 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.166 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6485, 15.1824, 51.0174)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8853BF #8ABF53

analogous

#5354BF #8853BF #BE53BF

triadic

#8853BF #BF8853 #53BF88

tetradic

#8853BF #BF5354 #8ABF53 #53BFBE

square

#8853BF #BF5354 #8ABF53 #53BFBE

split-complementary

#8853BF #BFBE53 #54BF53

monochromatic

#4B296E #693A9B #8853BF #A780D0 #C6ACE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8853BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8853BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8853BF

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8853BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8853BF	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8853bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 83, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.166 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae85d3',
    500: '#8853bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8853bf;
$custom-light: #ae85d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8853bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55175,
    "c": 0.16583,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8853BF

secondary

#B7CEA0

accent

#D55295

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8853BF

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

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