#8E53DE#8E53DE

#8E53DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.203 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E53DE
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 222)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 62.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 52.30, -62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 81.23, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1001 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.203 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4302, 17.2110, 70.9700)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E53DE #A3DE53

analogous

#535DDE #8E53DE #D453DE

triadic

#8E53DE #DE8E53 #53DE8E

tetradic

#8E53DE #DE535D #A3DE53 #53DED4

square

#8E53DE #DE535D #A3DE53 #53DED4

split-complementary

#8E53DE #DED453 #5DDE53

monochromatic

#521D99 #6D27CD #8E53DE #B086E8 #D1BAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8E53DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8E53DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E53DE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E53DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E53DE	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1572DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e53de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.203 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b486e9',
    500: '#8e53de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e53de;
$custom-light: #b486e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e53de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.468,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57882,
    "c": 0.20314,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E53DE

secondary

#CAE1AC

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E53DE

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

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