#8A43D9#8A43D9

#8A43D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.217 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A43D9
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 58.16, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 87.45, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1124 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.217 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0097, 14.4272, 67.0993)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A43D9 #92D943

analogous

#4347D9 #8A43D9 #D543D9

triadic

#8A43D9 #D98A43 #43D98A

tetradic

#8A43D9 #D94347 #92D943 #43D9D5

square

#8A43D9 #D94347 #92D943 #43D9D5

split-complementary

#8A43D9 #D9D543 #47D943

monochromatic

#4E1B86 #6B25B9 #8A43D9 #AA76E3 #C9A9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8A43D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8A43D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A43D9

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A43D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A43D9	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a43d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.217 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce6',
    500: '#8a43d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a43d9;
$custom-light: #b27ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a43d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.4,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55021,
    "c": 0.21735,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A43D9

secondary

#BEDB9D

accent

#E93F98

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A43D9

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

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