#8E47D2#8E47D2

#8E47D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.206 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E47D2
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 55.39, -60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 81.79, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1145 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.206 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0388, 14.9105, 62.5192)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E47D2 #8BD247

analogous

#4847D2 #8E47D2 #D247D1

triadic

#8E47D2 #D28E47 #47D28E

tetradic

#8E47D2 #D24847 #8BD247 #47D1D2

square

#8E47D2 #D24847 #8BD247 #47D1D2

split-complementary

#8E47D2 #D1D247 #47D248

monochromatic

#501F7F #6F2BB1 #8E47D2 #AC78DE #CAA9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8E47D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8E47D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47D2

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E47D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E47D2	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#136CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e47d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.206 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe1',
    500: '#8e47d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e47d2;
$custom-light: #b47fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e47d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.647,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55451,
    "c": 0.20569,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E47D2

secondary

#BAD89D

accent

#E44492

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E47D2

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

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