#8B43E8#8B43E8

#8B43E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.233 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B43E8
RGB	rgb(139, 67, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 61.97, -71.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 94.85, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1111 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.233 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2164, 15.3291, 77.8532)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B43E8 #A0E843

analogous

#434DE8 #8B43E8 #DE43E8

triadic

#8B43E8 #E88B43 #43E88B

tetradic

#8B43E8 #E8434D #A0E843 #43E8DE

square

#8B43E8 #E8434D #A0E843 #43E8DE

split-complementary

#8B43E8 #E8DE43 #4DE843

monochromatic

#50139D #6B1AD4 #8B43E8 #AD7AEF #CEB0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8B43E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8B43E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B43E8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B43E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B43E8	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#746C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b43e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 67, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.233 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47df0',
    500: '#8b43e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b43e8;
$custom-light: #b47df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b43e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 78.199,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56281,
    "c": 0.2333,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B43E8

secondary

#C8E4A3

accent

#F533A0

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B43E8

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

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