#8E43C8#8E43C8

#8E43C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.200 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E43C8
RGB	rgb(142, 67, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 66.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 54.97, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 78.92, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1199 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.2 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5856, 13.9355, 56.0797)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E43C8 #7DC843

analogous

#4C43C8 #8E43C8 #C843BF

triadic

#8E43C8 #C88E43 #43C88E

tetradic

#8E43C8 #C84C43 #7DC843 #43BFC8

square

#8E43C8 #C84C43 #7DC843 #43BFC8

split-complementary

#8E43C8 #BFC843 #43C84C

monochromatic

#4D2170 #6E2F9F #8E43C8 #AA72D6 #C7A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8E43C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8E43C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E43C8

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E43C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E43C8	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2269C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e43c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 67, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.200 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cd9',
    500: '#8e43c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e43c8;
$custom-light: #b37cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e43c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.835,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54251,
    "c": 0.20026,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E43C8

secondary

#B0D096

accent

#DE4A8A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E43C8

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

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