#8C43D2#8C43D2

#8C43D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.210 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C43D2
RGB	rgb(140, 67, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 56.89, -61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 83.92, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1161 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.21 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4525, 14.2429, 62.4212)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C43D2 #89D243

analogous

#4543D2 #8C43D2 #D243D1

triadic

#8C43D2 #D28C43 #43D28C

tetradic

#8C43D2 #D24543 #89D243 #43D1D2

square

#8C43D2 #D24543 #89D243 #43D1D2

split-complementary

#8C43D2 #D1D243 #43D245

monochromatic

#4E1E7D #6D2AAE #8C43D2 #AA74DE #C8A6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8C43D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8C43D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C43D2

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C43D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C43D2	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c43d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 67, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.210 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ce1',
    500: '#8c43d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c43d2;
$custom-light: #b37ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c43d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.629,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5473,
    "c": 0.21033,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C43D2

secondary

#B8D79A

accent

#E44392

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C43D2

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

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