#8B43D9#8B43D9

#8B43D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.218 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B43D9
RGB	rgb(139, 67, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 58.35, -65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 87.42, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.1137 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.218 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1760, 14.5129, 67.1071)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B43D9 #91D943

analogous

#4346D9 #8B43D9 #D643D9

triadic

#8B43D9 #D98B43 #43D98B

tetradic

#8B43D9 #D94346 #91D943 #43D9D6

square

#8B43D9 #D94346 #91D943 #43D9D6

split-complementary

#8B43D9 #D9D643 #46D943

monochromatic

#4F1B86 #6C25B9 #8B43D9 #AA76E3 #CAA9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8B43D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8B43D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B43D9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B43D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B43D9	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b43d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 67, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.218 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37de6',
    500: '#8b43d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b43d9;
$custom-light: #b37de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b43d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55133,
    "c": 0.21753,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B43D9

secondary

#BDDB9D

accent

#E93F97

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B43D9

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

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