#8B53B2#8B53B2

#8B53B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.151 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B53B2
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 178)
HSL	hsl(275, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 53.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, 40.93, -41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 58.41, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.0963 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.151 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7751, 14.8902, 43.8378)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B53B2 #7AB253

analogous

#5B53B2 #8B53B2 #B253AA

triadic

#8B53B2 #B28B53 #53B28B

tetradic

#8B53B2 #B25B53 #7AB253 #53AAB2

square

#8B53B2 #B25B53 #7AB253 #53AAB2

split-complementary

#8B53B2 #AAB253 #53B25B

monochromatic

#4A2B60 #6B3E8A #8B53B2 #A87DC5 #C4A8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8B53B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8B53B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B53B2

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B53B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B53B2	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3869B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86637A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b53b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.151 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85c9',
    500: '#8b53b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b53b2;
$custom-light: #af85c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b53b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.368,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54717,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B53B2

secondary

#ADC59B

accent

#CE5A89

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B53B2

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

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