#8D53E5#8D53E5

#8D53E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.211 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D53E5
RGB	rgb(141, 83, 229)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 63.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 53.85, -65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 84.82, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.0982 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.211 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2170, 17.5059, 76.0059)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D53E5 #ABE553

analogous

#5362E5 #8D53E5 #D653E5

triadic

#8D53E5 #E58D53 #53E58D

tetradic

#8D53E5 #E55362 #ABE553 #53E5D6

square

#8D53E5 #E55362 #ABE553 #53E5D6

split-complementary

#8D53E5 #E5D653 #62E553

monochromatic

#5019A5 #6A21DA #8D53E5 #B088ED #D3BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8D53E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8D53E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D53E5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D53E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D53E5	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d53e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 83, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.211 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b486ee',
    500: '#8d53e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d53e5;
$custom-light: #b486ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d53e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.836,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58274,
    "c": 0.21097,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D53E5

secondary

#D0E5AE

accent

#D61087

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D53E5

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

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