#8E53BC#8E53BC

#8E53BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.164 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E53BC
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 55.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 44.05, -46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 63.72, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1007 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.164 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3239, 15.5684, 49.3435)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E53BC #81BC53

analogous

#5953BC #8E53BC #BC53B6

triadic

#8E53BC #BC8E53 #53BC8E

tetradic

#8E53BC #BC5953 #81BC53 #53B6BC

square

#8E53BC #BC5953 #81BC53 #53B6BC

split-complementary

#8E53BC #B6BC53 #53BC59

monochromatic

#4E2A6B #6F3B97 #8E53BC #AB7FCD #C8ABDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8E53BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8E53BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E53BC

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E53BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E53BC	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87667F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e53bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.164 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b286d1',
    500: '#8e53bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e53bc;
$custom-light: #b286d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e53bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55656,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E53BC

secondary

#B3CC9F

accent

#D4548C

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E53BC

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

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