#8B43C7#8B43C7

#8B43C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.198 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B43C7
RGB	rgb(139, 67, 199)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, 54.10, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 78.44, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.116 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.198 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9612, 13.6270, 55.4424)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B43C7 #7FC743

analogous

#4943C7 #8B43C7 #C743C1

triadic

#8B43C7 #C78B43 #43C78B

tetradic

#8B43C7 #C74943 #7FC743 #43C1C7

square

#8B43C7 #C74943 #7FC743 #43C1C7

split-complementary

#8B43C7 #C1C743 #43C749

monochromatic

#4B216F #6B2F9E #8B43C7 #A872D5 #C5A1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#8B43C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8B43C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B43C7

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B43C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B43C7	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E68C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b43c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 67, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.198 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cd9',
    500: '#8b43c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b43c7;
$custom-light: #b17cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b43c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53827,
    "c": 0.19844,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B43C7

secondary

#B0D096

accent

#DD4A8D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B43C7

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

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