#8A53BE#8A53BE

#8A53BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.165 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A53BE
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 190)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 56.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 43.51, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 64.62, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.0956 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.165 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8668, 15.3076, 50.4552)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A53BE #87BE53

analogous

#5453BE #8A53BE #BE53BC

triadic

#8A53BE #BE8A53 #53BE8A

tetradic

#8A53BE #BE5453 #87BE53 #53BCBE

square

#8A53BE #BE5453 #87BE53 #53BCBE

split-complementary

#8A53BE #BCBE53 #53BE54

monochromatic

#4C296D #6B3A9A #8A53BE #A87FCF #C6ACE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8A53BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8A53BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A53BE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A53BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A53BE	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a53be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.165 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85d2',
    500: '#8a53be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a53be;
$custom-light: #af85d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a53be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.841,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55332,
    "c": 0.16515,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A53BE

secondary

#B6CD9F

accent

#D55392

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A53BE

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

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