#8C53E1#8C53E1

#8C53E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.206 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C53E1
RGBrgb(140, 83, 225)
HSLhsl(264, 70%, 60%)
HSVhsv(264, 63%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(37.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(48.51, 52.63, -63.90)
CIE-LCHlch(48.51, 82.78, 309.48°)
OKLaboklab(57.89% 0.0973 -0.1819)
OKLCHoklch(57.89% 0.206 298.1)
XYZxyz(27.4956, 17.1978, 73.0905)
Luminance0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C53E1 #A8E153
analogous
#5361E1 #8C53E1 #D353E1
triadic
#8C53E1 #E18C53 #53E18C
tetradic
#8C53E1 #E15361 #A8E153 #53E1D3
square
#8C53E1 #E15361 #A8E153 #53E1D3
split-complementary
#8C53E1 #E1D353 #61E153
monochromatic
#501C9E #6A25D2 #8C53E1 #AF87EA #D2BBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73
#8C53E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44
#8C53E1 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C53E1
4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C53E1#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C53E11.004.734.444.73
#FFFFFF4.731.0021.001.00
#0000004.4421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.731.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0073E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0072DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#787393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c53e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 83, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.206 298.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b386eb',
    500: '#8c53e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c53e1;
$custom-light: #b386eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c53e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.085,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57885,
    "c": 0.20629,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C53E1
secondary
#CDE3AD
accent
#D21386
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6F0FD
border
#D0CBD5
text
#120B16
muted
#817C84

Preview Lab

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#8C53E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva