#8B53BD#8B53BD

#8B53BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.164 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B53BD
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 189)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 56.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 43.52, -47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 64.13, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.0969 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.164 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9241, 15.3498, 49.8894)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B53BD #85BD53

analogous

#5653BD #8B53BD #BD53BA

triadic

#8B53BD #BD8B53 #53BD8B

tetradic

#8B53BD #BD5653 #85BD53 #53BABD

square

#8B53BD #BD5653 #85BD53 #53BABD

split-complementary

#8B53BD #BABD53 #53BD56

monochromatic

#4D296C #6C3A98 #8B53BD #A97FCE #C7ABDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8B53BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8B53BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B53BD

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B53BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B53BD	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b53bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.164 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b085d1',
    500: '#8b53bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b53bd;
$custom-light: #b085d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b53bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55381,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B53BD

secondary

#B5CD9F

accent

#D45490

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B53BD

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

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