#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
RGB	rgb(140, 83, 225)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 52.63, -63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 82.78, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.0973 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.206 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4956, 17.1978, 73.0905)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8C53E1	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8C53E1

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

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