#8E43D8#8E43D8

#8E43D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.217 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E43D8
RGB	rgb(142, 67, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 69%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 58.69, -64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 86.86, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.1179 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.217 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5543, 14.7229, 66.4480)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E43D8 #8DD843

analogous

#4343D8 #8E43D8 #D843D8

triadic

#8E43D8 #D88E43 #43D88E

tetradic

#8E43D8 #D84343 #8DD843 #43D8D8

square

#8E43D8 #D84343 #8DD843 #43D8D8

split-complementary

#8E43D8 #D8D843 #43D843

monochromatic

#511C85 #6F26B8 #8E43D8 #AC76E3 #CBA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#8E43D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8E43D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E43D8

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E43D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E43D8	1.00	5.32	3.94	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e43d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 67, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.217 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57de5',
    500: '#8e43d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e43d8;
$custom-light: #b57de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e43d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.201,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55399,
    "c": 0.21703,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E43D8

secondary

#BBDA9C

accent

#E93F93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E43D8

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

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