#8853C8#8853C8

#8853C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.177 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8853C8
RGB	rgb(136, 83, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 58.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 45.46, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 69.81, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.0931 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.177 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6695, 15.5908, 56.3947)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8853C8 #93C853

analogous

#5359C8 #8853C8 #C253C8

triadic

#8853C8 #C88853 #53C888

tetradic

#8853C8 #C85359 #93C853 #53C8C2

square

#8853C8 #C85359 #93C853 #53C8C2

split-complementary

#8853C8 #C8C253 #59C853

monochromatic

#4C277A #6A36A8 #8853C8 #A881D7 #C8B0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8853C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8853C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8853C8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8853C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8853C8	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A6DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8853c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 83, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.177 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae86d9',
    500: '#8853c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8853c8;
$custom-light: #ae86d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8853c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.179,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55755,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8853C8

secondary

#BED4A3

accent

#DB4D9B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8853C8

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

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