#8E53BB#8E53BB

#8E53BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.163 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E53BB
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 187)
HSL	hsl(274, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 55.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 43.82, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 63.20, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1007 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.163 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2164, 15.5255, 48.7777)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E53BB #80BB53

analogous

#5A53BB #8E53BB #BB53B4

triadic

#8E53BB #BB8E53 #53BB8E

tetradic

#8E53BB #BB5A53 #80BB53 #53B4BB

square

#8E53BB #BB5A53 #80BB53 #53B4BB

split-complementary

#8E53BB #B4BB53 #53BB5A

monochromatic

#4E2A6A #6E3B96 #8E53BB #AB7FCC #C8ABDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8E53BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8E53BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E53BB

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E53BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E53BB	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87667F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e53bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.163 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b286d0',
    500: '#8e53bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e53bb;
$custom-light: #b286d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e53bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.038,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55595,
    "c": 0.16282,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E53BB

secondary

#B2CB9E

accent

#D3558B

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E53BB

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

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