#8B43CA#8B43CA

#8B43CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.202 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B43CA
RGB	rgb(139, 67, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 66.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 54.80, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 79.94, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.1157 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.202 305)
XYZ	xyz(23.3129, 13.7677, 57.2949)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B43CA #82CA43

analogous

#4743CA #8B43CA #CA43C6

triadic

#8B43CA #CA8B43 #43CA8B

tetradic

#8B43CA #CA4743 #82CA43 #43C6CA

square

#8B43CA #CA4743 #82CA43 #43C6CA

split-complementary

#8B43CA #C6CA43 #43CA47

monochromatic

#4C2072 #6C2EA2 #8B43CA #A873D7 #C6A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8B43CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B43CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B43CA

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B43CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B43CA	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1768C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b43ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 67, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.202 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27cdb',
    500: '#8b43ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b43ca;
$custom-light: #b27cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b43ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54039,
    "c": 0.20163,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.13768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B43CA

secondary

#B2D297

accent

#DF488F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B43CA

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

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