#8A43C9#8A43C9

#8A43C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.200 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A43C9
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 54.36, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 79.44, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1145 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.2 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0287, 13.6348, 56.6656)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A43C9 #82C943

analogous

#4743C9 #8A43C9 #C943C5

triadic

#8A43C9 #C98A43 #43C98A

tetradic

#8A43C9 #C94743 #82C943 #43C5C9

square

#8A43C9 #C94743 #82C943 #43C5C9

split-complementary

#8A43C9 #C5C943 #43C947

monochromatic

#4B2071 #6B2EA1 #8A43C9 #A873D7 #C5A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8A43C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A43C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A43C9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A43C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A43C9	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1767C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a43c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.200 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cda',
    500: '#8a43c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a43c9;
$custom-light: #b17cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a43c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.791,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53851,
    "c": 0.20032,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A43C9

secondary

#B2D197

accent

#DF498F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A43C9

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

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