#8E47C8#8E47C8

#8E47C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.195 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E47C8
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 64.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 53.05, -55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 76.77, 313.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1154 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.195 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8317, 14.4276, 56.1617)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E47C8 #81C847

analogous

#4D47C8 #8E47C8 #C847C2

triadic

#8E47C8 #C88E47 #47C88E

tetradic

#8E47C8 #C84D47 #81C847 #47C2C8

square

#8E47C8 #C84D47 #81C847 #47C2C8

split-complementary

#8E47C8 #C2C847 #47C84D

monochromatic

#4E2272 #6F30A2 #8E47C8 #AB76D6 #C8A5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8E47C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8E47C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47C8

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E47C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E47C8	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#296AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e47c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.195 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37fd9',
    500: '#8e47c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e47c8;
$custom-light: #b37fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e47c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.023,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54755,
    "c": 0.19494,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E47C8

secondary

#B3D19A

accent

#DD4A8C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E47C8

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

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