#8E47D1#8E47D1

#8E47D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.205 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E47D1
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 209)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 66%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 55.15, -59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 81.29, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1146 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.205 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9146, 14.8608, 61.8651)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E47D1 #8AD147

analogous

#4947D1 #8E47D1 #D147CF

triadic

#8E47D1 #D18E47 #47D18E

tetradic

#8E47D1 #D14947 #8AD147 #47CFD1

square

#8E47D1 #D14947 #8AD147 #47CFD1

split-complementary

#8E47D1 #CFD147 #47D149

monochromatic

#50207E #6F2CAF #8E47D1 #AC78DD #CAA9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8E47D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8E47D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47D1

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E47D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E47D1	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#166BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e47d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.205 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe0',
    500: '#8e47d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e47d1;
$custom-light: #b47fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e47d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.87,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5538,
    "c": 0.20461,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E47D1

secondary

#B9D79D

accent

#E34592

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E47D1

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

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