#8E53DD#8E53DD

#8E53DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.202 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E53DD
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 52.05, -61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 80.72, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1002 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.202 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2965, 17.1575, 70.2662)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E53DD #A2DD53

analogous

#535DDD #8E53DD #D353DD

triadic

#8E53DD #DD8E53 #53DD8E

tetradic

#8E53DD #DD535D #A2DD53 #53DDD3

square

#8E53DD #DD535D #A2DD53 #53DDD3

split-complementary

#8E53DD #DDD353 #5DDD53

monochromatic

#521E98 #6E28CB #8E53DD #B086E7 #D1B9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8E53DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8E53DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E53DD

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E53DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E53DD	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1872DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e53dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.202 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b486e8',
    500: '#8e53dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e53dd;
$custom-light: #b486e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e53dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.652,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57813,
    "c": 0.202,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E53DD

secondary

#CAE1AB

accent

#EA3EA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E53DD

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

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