#8B53E4#8B53E4

#8B53E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.210 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B53E4
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 63.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 53.19, -65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 84.33, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0957 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.21 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7407, 17.2764, 75.2569)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B53E4 #ACE453

analogous

#5363E4 #8B53E4 #D353E4

triadic

#8B53E4 #E48B53 #53E48B

tetradic

#8B53E4 #E45363 #ACE453 #53E4D3

square

#8B53E4 #E45363 #ACE453 #53E4D3

split-complementary

#8B53E4 #E4D353 #63E453

monochromatic

#4F1AA3 #6822D8 #8B53E4 #AF88EC #D2BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8B53E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8B53E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B53E4

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B53E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B53E4	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b53e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.210 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b386ed',
    500: '#8b53e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b53e4;
$custom-light: #b386ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b53e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.172,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57997,
    "c": 0.2096,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B53E4

secondary

#D0E5AE

accent

#D51189

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B53E4

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

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