#8E43D7#8E43D7

#8E43D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.216 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E43D7
RGB	rgb(142, 67, 215)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 68.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 58.46, -63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 86.37, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1181 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.216 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4254, 14.6714, 65.7692)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E43D7 #8CD743

analogous

#4443D7 #8E43D7 #D743D6

triadic

#8E43D7 #D78E43 #43D78E

tetradic

#8E43D7 #D74443 #8CD743 #43D6D7

square

#8E43D7 #D74443 #8CD743 #43D6D7

split-complementary

#8E43D7 #D6D743 #43D744

monochromatic

#501C84 #6F27B6 #8E43D7 #AC75E2 #CBA8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#8E43D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8E43D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E43D7

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E43D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E43D7	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e43d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 67, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.216 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47de4',
    500: '#8e43d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e43d7;
$custom-light: #b47de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e43d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.405,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55325,
    "c": 0.21599,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E43D7

secondary

#BADA9C

accent

#E84093

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E43D7

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

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