#8B43DB#8B43DB

#8B43DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.220 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B43DB
RGB	rgb(139, 67, 219)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 58.83, -66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 88.42, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1134 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.22 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4377, 14.6176, 68.4854)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B43DB #93DB43

analogous

#4347DB #8B43DB #D743DB

triadic

#8B43DB #DB8B43 #43DB8B

tetradic

#8B43DB #DB4347 #93DB43 #43DBD7

square

#8B43DB #DB4347 #93DB43 #43DBD7

split-complementary

#8B43DB #DBD743 #47DB43

monochromatic

#4F1A89 #6C24BD #8B43DB #AB76E5 #CAAAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8B43DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8B43DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B43DB

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B43DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B43DB	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b43db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 67, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.220 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37de7',
    500: '#8b43db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b43db;
$custom-light: #b37de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b43db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55283,
    "c": 0.21963,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B43DB

secondary

#BFDC9E

accent

#EB3D98

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B43DB

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

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