#8B53BB#8B53BB

#8B53BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.162 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B53BB
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 43.04, -46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 63.09, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.0968 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.162 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7085, 15.2636, 48.7539)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B53BB #83BB53

analogous

#5753BB #8B53BB #BB53B7

triadic

#8B53BB #BB8B53 #53BB8B

tetradic

#8B53BB #BB5753 #83BB53 #53B7BB

square

#8B53BB #BB5753 #83BB53 #53B7BB

split-complementary

#8B53BB #B7BB53 #53BB57

monochromatic

#4C2A6A #6C3B96 #8B53BB #A97FCC #C6ABDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8B53BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8B53BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B53BB

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B53BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B53BB	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83667F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b53bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.162 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b085d0',
    500: '#8b53bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b53bb;
$custom-light: #b085d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b53bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55257,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B53BB

secondary

#B3CB9E

accent

#D3558F

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B53BB

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

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