#8A53B5#8A53B5

#8A53B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.155 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A53B5
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 181)
HSL	hsl(274, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 54.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 41.36, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 59.93, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.0952 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.155 308)
XYZ	xyz(21.9133, 14.9263, 45.4338)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A53B5 #7EB553

analogous

#5953B5 #8A53B5 #B553AF

triadic

#8A53B5 #B58A53 #53B58A

tetradic

#8A53B5 #B55953 #7EB553 #53AFB5

square

#8A53B5 #B55953 #7EB553 #53AFB5

split-complementary

#8A53B5 #AFB553 #53B559

monochromatic

#4A2B63 #6A3D8E #8A53B5 #A77EC7 #C4A9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8A53B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8A53B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A53B5

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A53B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A53B5	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84657C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a53b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.155 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85cc',
    500: '#8a53b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a53b5;
$custom-light: #af85cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a53b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.673,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54782,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.14926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A53B5

secondary

#AFC79C

accent

#D0588D

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A53B5

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

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