#8E43C9#8E43C9

#8E43C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.201 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E43C9
RGB	rgb(142, 67, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 55.20, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 79.42, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.1198 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.201 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7028, 13.9824, 56.6972)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E43C9 #7EC943

analogous

#4B43C9 #8E43C9 #C943C1

triadic

#8E43C9 #C98E43 #43C98E

tetradic

#8E43C9 #C94B43 #7EC943 #43C1C9

square

#8E43C9 #C94B43 #7EC943 #43C1C9

split-complementary

#8E43C9 #C1C943 #43C94B

monochromatic

#4E2071 #6E2EA1 #8E43C9 #AB73D7 #C7A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8E43C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8E43C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E43C9

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E43C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E43C9	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2069C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e43c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 67, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.201 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cda',
    500: '#8e43c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e43c9;
$custom-light: #b37cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e43c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.582,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54321,
    "c": 0.20132,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E43C9

secondary

#B0D197

accent

#DF498B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E43C9

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

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