#8E53E1#8E53E1

#8E53E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.207 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E53E1
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 225)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 53.05, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 82.77, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.0999 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.207 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8358, 17.3732, 73.1064)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E53E1 #A6E153

analogous

#535FE1 #8E53E1 #D553E1

triadic

#8E53E1 #E18E53 #53E18E

tetradic

#8E53E1 #E1535F #A6E153 #53E1D5

square

#8E53E1 #E1535F #A6E153 #53E1D5

split-complementary

#8E53E1 #E1D553 #5FE153

monochromatic

#521C9E #6D25D2 #8E53E1 #B087EA #D2BBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8E53E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8E53E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E53E1

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E53E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E53E1	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0772DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e53e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.207 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b486eb',
    500: '#8e53e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e53e1;
$custom-light: #b486eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e53e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.93,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58093,
    "c": 0.20655,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E53E1

secondary

#CCE3AD

accent

#D21383

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E53E1

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

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