#8C47E2#8C47E2

#8C47E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.222 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C47E2
RGB	rgb(140, 71, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 58.84, -67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 89.82, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1097 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.222 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7925, 15.5726, 73.5310)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C47E2 #9DE247

analogous

#474FE2 #8C47E2 #DA47E2

triadic

#8C47E2 #E28C47 #47E28C

tetradic

#8C47E2 #E2474F #9DE247 #47E2DA

square

#8C47E2 #E2474F #9DE247 #47E2DA

split-complementary

#8C47E2 #E2DA47 #4FE247

monochromatic

#501897 #6C20CC #8C47E2 #AD7CEA #CEB1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8C47E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8C47E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C47E2

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C47E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C47E2	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c47e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 71, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.222 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fec',
    500: '#8c47e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c47e2;
$custom-light: #b47fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c47e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.71,
    "s": 72.77,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56399,
    "c": 0.22248,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C47E2

secondary

#C6E1A4

accent

#EF389E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C47E2

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