#8E43D5#8E43D5

#8E43D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.214 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E43D5
RGB	rgb(142, 67, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 57.99, -62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 85.38, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1183 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.214 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1700, 14.5692, 64.4240)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E43D5 #8AD543

analogous

#4543D5 #8E43D5 #D543D3

triadic

#8E43D5 #D58E43 #43D58E

tetradic

#8E43D5 #D54543 #8AD543 #43D3D5

square

#8E43D5 #D54543 #8AD543 #43D3D5

split-complementary

#8E43D5 #D3D543 #43D545

monochromatic

#501D81 #6F28B3 #8E43D5 #AC75E0 #CAA7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8E43D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8E43D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E43D5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E43D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E43D5	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e43d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 67, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.214 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47de3',
    500: '#8e43d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e43d5;
$custom-light: #b47de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e43d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.822,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55179,
    "c": 0.2139,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E43D5

secondary

#B9D99B

accent

#E74192

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E43D5

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

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