#8953C8#8953C8

#8953C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.177 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8953C8
RGB	rgb(137, 83, 200)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 58.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 45.70, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 69.82, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.0944 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.177 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8327, 15.6750, 56.4024)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8953C8 #92C853

analogous

#5357C8 #8953C8 #C353C8

triadic

#8953C8 #C88953 #53C889

tetradic

#8953C8 #C85357 #92C853 #53C8C3

square

#8953C8 #C85357 #92C853 #53C8C3

split-complementary

#8953C8 #C8C353 #57C853

monochromatic

#4D277A #6B36A8 #8953C8 #A981D7 #C9B0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8953C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8953C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8953C8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8953C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8953C8	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B6DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8953c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 83, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.177 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af86d9',
    500: '#8953c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8953c8;
$custom-light: #af86d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8953c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55862,
    "c": 0.17672,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8953C8

secondary

#BDD4A3

accent

#DB4D99

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8953C8

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

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