#8E53E3#8E53E3

#8E53E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.209 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E53E3
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 227)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 63.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, 53.55, -64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 83.79, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.0997 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.209 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1102, 17.4830, 74.5517)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E53E3 #A8E353

analogous

#5360E3 #8E53E3 #D653E3

triadic

#8E53E3 #E38E53 #53E38E

tetradic

#8E53E3 #E35360 #A8E353 #53E3D6

square

#8E53E3 #E35360 #A8E353 #53E3D6

split-complementary

#8E53E3 #E3D653 #60E353

monochromatic

#521AA1 #6C23D6 #8E53E3 #B188EC #D3BCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8E53E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8E53E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E53E3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E53E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E53E3	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e53e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.209 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b586ed',
    500: '#8e53e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e53e3;
$custom-light: #b586ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e53e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.583,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58234,
    "c": 0.20882,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E53E3

secondary

#CEE4AE

accent

#D41184

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E53E3

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

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