#8B43CB#8B43CB

#8B43CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.203 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B43CB
RGB	rgb(139, 67, 203)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 67%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 55.04, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 80.44, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1156 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.203 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4317, 13.8152, 57.9205)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B43CB #83CB43

analogous

#4743CB #8B43CB #CB43C7

triadic

#8B43CB #CB8B43 #43CB8B

tetradic

#8B43CB #CB4743 #83CB43 #43C7CB

square

#8B43CB #CB4743 #83CB43 #43C7CB

split-complementary

#8B43CB #C7CB43 #43CB47

monochromatic

#4C2074 #6C2DA4 #8B43CB #A973D8 #C6A3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8B43CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8B43CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B43CB

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B43CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B43CB	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1468C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b43cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 67, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.203 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27cdc',
    500: '#8b43cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b43cb;
$custom-light: #b27cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b43cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5411,
    "c": 0.20269,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B43CB

secondary

#B3D298

accent

#E0488F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B43CB

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

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