#8A43C7#8A43C7

#8A43C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.198 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A43C7
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 199)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 53.89, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 78.44, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1147 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.198 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7949, 13.5413, 55.4346)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A43C7 #80C743

analogous

#4843C7 #8A43C7 #C743C2

triadic

#8A43C7 #C78A43 #43C78A

tetradic

#8A43C7 #C74843 #80C743 #43C2C7

square

#8A43C7 #C74843 #80C743 #43C2C7

split-complementary

#8A43C7 #C2C743 #43C748

monochromatic

#4B216F #6B2F9E #8A43C7 #A772D5 #C5A1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A43C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A43C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A43C7

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A43C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A43C7	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C67C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a43c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.198 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cd9',
    500: '#8a43c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a43c7;
$custom-light: #b17cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a43c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53709,
    "c": 0.19819,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A43C7

secondary

#B1D096

accent

#DD4A8E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A43C7

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

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