#8A53AD#8A53AD

#8A53AD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.145 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A53AD
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 173)
HSL	hsl(277, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 52%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 39.50, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 55.77, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.0945 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.145 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1159, 14.6073, 41.2342)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A53AD #76AD53

analogous

#5D53AD #8A53AD #AD53A3

triadic

#8A53AD #AD8A53 #53AD8A

tetradic

#8A53AD #AD5D53 #76AD53 #53A3AD

square

#8A53AD #AD5D53 #76AD53 #53A3AD

split-complementary

#8A53AD #A3AD53 #53AD5D

monochromatic

#482B5A #693F84 #8A53AD #A67CC1 #C2A6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8A53AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8A53AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A53AD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A53AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A53AD	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B68B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a53ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.145 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae85c6',
    500: '#8a53ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a53ad;
$custom-light: #ae85c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a53ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54312,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A53AD

secondary

#A9C29A

accent

#CB5C88

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A53AD

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

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