#8B53A8#8B53A8

#8B53A8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.140 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B53A8
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 168)
HSL	hsl(280, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(280, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.95, 38.65, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.95, 53.26, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.0953 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.14 313)
XYZ	xyz(20.8074, 14.5031, 38.7415)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B53A8 #70A853

analogous

#6053A8 #8B53A8 #A8539B

triadic

#8B53A8 #A88B53 #53A88B

tetradic

#8B53A8 #A86053 #70A853 #539BA8

square

#8B53A8 #A86053 #70A853 #539BA8

split-complementary

#8B53A8 #9BA853 #53A860

monochromatic

#472B56 #693F7F #8B53A8 #A77BBE #C2A4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8B53A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8B53A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B53A8

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B53A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B53A8	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F67AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b53a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.140 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85c2',
    500: '#8b53a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b53a8;
$custom-light: #af85c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b53a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54145,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.14503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B53A8

secondary

#A5BF98

accent

#CA5E83

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#110B12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B53A8

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

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