#8D53E0#8D53E0

#8D53E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.205 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D53E0
RGB	rgb(141, 83, 224)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 52.59, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 82.26, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.0987 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.205 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5289, 17.2307, 72.3821)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D53E0 #A6E053

analogous

#535FE0 #8D53E0 #D453E0

triadic

#8D53E0 #E08D53 #53E08D

tetradic

#8D53E0 #E0535F #A6E053 #53E0D4

square

#8D53E0 #E0535F #A6E053 #53E0D4

split-complementary

#8D53E0 #E0D453 #5FE053

monochromatic

#511C9C #6C26D0 #8D53E0 #AF87E9 #D2BBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8D53E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8D53E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D53E0

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D53E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D53E0	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0872DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d53e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 83, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.205 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b486ea',
    500: '#8d53e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d53e0;
$custom-light: #b486ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d53e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.681,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57918,
    "c": 0.20528,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D53E0

secondary

#CCE2AC

accent

#D11484

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D53E0

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

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