#8B53AD#8B53AD

#8B53AD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.145 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B53AD
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 173)
HSL	hsl(277, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 52%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 39.78, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 55.83, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.0958 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.146 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2822, 14.6930, 41.2420)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B53AD #75AD53

analogous

#5E53AD #8B53AD #AD53A2

triadic

#8B53AD #AD8B53 #53AD8B

tetradic

#8B53AD #AD5E53 #75AD53 #53A2AD

square

#8B53AD #AD5E53 #75AD53 #53A2AD

split-complementary

#8B53AD #A2AD53 #53AD5E

monochromatic

#492B5A #6A3F84 #8B53AD #A77CC1 #C3A6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8B53AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8B53AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B53AD

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B53AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B53AD	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C68B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b53ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.145 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85c6',
    500: '#8b53ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b53ad;
$custom-light: #af85c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b53ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54427,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B53AD

secondary

#A9C29A

accent

#CB5C86

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B53AD

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

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