#8A53BD#8A53BD

#8A53BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.164 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A53BD
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 189)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 56.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 43.27, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 64.10, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.0956 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.164 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7578, 15.2641, 49.8816)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A53BD #86BD53

analogous

#5553BD #8A53BD #BD53BB

triadic

#8A53BD #BD8A53 #53BD8A

tetradic

#8A53BD #BD5553 #86BD53 #53BBBD

square

#8A53BD #BD5553 #86BD53 #53BBBD

split-complementary

#8A53BD #BBBD53 #53BD55

monochromatic

#4C296C #6B3A98 #8A53BD #A87FCE #C6ABDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8A53BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8A53BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A53BD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A53BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A53BD	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a53bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.164 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85d1',
    500: '#8a53bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a53bd;
$custom-light: #af85d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a53bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5527,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A53BD

secondary

#B5CD9F

accent

#D45491

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A53BD

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

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