#8853E1#8853E1

#8853E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.206 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8853E1
RGB	rgb(136, 83, 225)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 63.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 51.81, -64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 82.82, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.0919 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.206 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8337, 16.8565, 73.0594)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8853E1 #ACE153

analogous

#5365E1 #8853E1 #CF53E1

triadic

#8853E1 #E18853 #53E188

tetradic

#8853E1 #E15365 #ACE153 #53E1CF

square

#8853E1 #E15365 #ACE153 #53E1CF

split-complementary

#8853E1 #E1CF53 #65E153

monochromatic

#4C1C9E #6525D2 #8853E1 #AC87EA #D0BBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8853E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8853E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8853E1

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8853E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8853E1	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8853e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 83, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.206 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b186eb',
    500: '#8853e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8853e1;
$custom-light: #b186eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8853e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.394,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57476,
    "c": 0.20583,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8853E1

secondary

#CFE3AD

accent

#D2138B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8853E1

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

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