#8E47D4#8E47D4

#8E47D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.208 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E47D4
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 66.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.65, 55.86, -61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.65, 82.79, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1143 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.208 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2895, 15.0108, 63.8396)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E47D4 #8DD447

analogous

#4747D4 #8E47D4 #D447D3

triadic

#8E47D4 #D48E47 #47D48E

tetradic

#8E47D4 #D44747 #8DD447 #47D3D4

square

#8E47D4 #D44747 #8DD447 #47D3D4

split-complementary

#8E47D4 #D3D447 #47D447

monochromatic

#511E82 #6F2AB4 #8E47D4 #AC79E0 #CBAAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8E47D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8E47D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47D4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E47D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E47D4	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B6CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e47d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.208 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe2',
    500: '#8e47d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e47d4;
$custom-light: #b47fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e47d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.213,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55594,
    "c": 0.20783,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E47D4

secondary

#BBD99E

accent

#E54393

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E47D4

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

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