#8D53E3#8D53E3

#8D53E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.209 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D53E3
RGB	rgb(141, 83, 227)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 63.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 53.34, -64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 83.80, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.0984 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.209 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9394, 17.3949, 74.5437)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D53E3 #A9E353

analogous

#5361E3 #8D53E3 #D553E3

triadic

#8D53E3 #E38D53 #53E38D

tetradic

#8D53E3 #E35361 #A9E353 #53E3D5

square

#8D53E3 #E35361 #A9E353 #53E3D5

split-complementary

#8D53E3 #E3D553 #61E353

monochromatic

#511AA1 #6B23D6 #8D53E3 #B088EC #D3BCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8D53E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8D53E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D53E3

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D53E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D53E3	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)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d53e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 83, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.209 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b486ed',
    500: '#8d53e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d53e3;
$custom-light: #b486ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d53e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58131,
    "c": 0.20869,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D53E3

secondary

#CEE4AE

accent

#D41186

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D53E3

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

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