#8A53E6#8A53E6

#8A53E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.212 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A53E6
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 53.50, -66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 85.37, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.0942 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.212 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8537, 17.3024, 76.7198)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A53E6 #AFE653

analogous

#5366E6 #8A53E6 #D453E6

triadic

#8A53E6 #E68A53 #53E68A

tetradic

#8A53E6 #E65366 #AFE653 #53E6D4

square

#8A53E6 #E65366 #AFE653 #53E6D4

split-complementary

#8A53E6 #E6D453 #66E653

monochromatic

#4D18A6 #6620DC #8A53E6 #AE88EE #D3BEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8A53E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8A53E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A53E6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A53E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A53E6	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a53e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.212 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b286ef',
    500: '#8a53e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a53e6;
$custom-light: #b286ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a53e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.449,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5804,
    "c": 0.2118,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A53E6

secondary

#D1E6AF

accent

#D70F8C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A53E6

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

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