#8E53E4#8E53E4

#8E53E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.210 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E53E4
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 228)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 53.80, -64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 84.30, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0996 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.21 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2486, 17.5384, 75.2807)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E53E4 #A9E453

analogous

#5360E4 #8E53E4 #D653E4

triadic

#8E53E4 #E48E53 #53E48E

tetradic

#8E53E4 #E45360 #A9E453 #53E4D6

square

#8E53E4 #E45360 #A9E453 #53E4D6

split-complementary

#8E53E4 #E4D653 #60E453

monochromatic

#521AA3 #6C22D8 #8E53E4 #B188EC #D4BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8E53E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8E53E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E53E4

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E53E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E53E4	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e53e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.210 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b587ed',
    500: '#8e53e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e53e4;
$custom-light: #b587ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e53e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.414,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58305,
    "c": 0.20996,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E53E4

secondary

#CEE5AE

accent

#D51185

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E53E4

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

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