#8B53E6#8B53E6

#8B53E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.212 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B53E6
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 53.70, -66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 85.35, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.0955 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.212 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0199, 17.3881, 76.7276)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B53E6 #AEE653

analogous

#5365E6 #8B53E6 #D453E6

triadic

#8B53E6 #E68B53 #53E68B

tetradic

#8B53E6 #E65365 #AEE653 #53E6D4

square

#8B53E6 #E65365 #AEE653 #53E6D4

split-complementary

#8B53E6 #E6D453 #65E653

monochromatic

#4E18A6 #6820DC #8B53E6 #AF88EE #D3BEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8B53E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8B53E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B53E6

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B53E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B53E6	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b53e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.212 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b386ef',
    500: '#8b53e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b53e6;
$custom-light: #b386ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b53e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58141,
    "c": 0.21189,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B53E6

secondary

#D1E6AF

accent

#D70F8B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B53E6

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

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