#8E47D5#8E47D5

#8E47D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.209 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E47D5
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, 56.10, -61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 83.29, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1141 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.209 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4160, 15.0614, 64.5060)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E47D5 #8ED547

analogous

#4747D5 #8E47D5 #D547D5

triadic

#8E47D5 #D58E47 #47D58E

tetradic

#8E47D5 #D54747 #8ED547 #47D5D5

square

#8E47D5 #D54747 #8ED547 #47D5D5

split-complementary

#8E47D5 #D5D547 #47D547

monochromatic

#511E84 #6F29B5 #8E47D5 #AD79E0 #CBABEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8E47D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8E47D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47D5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E47D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E47D5	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#066CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e47d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.209 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe3',
    500: '#8e47d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e47d5;
$custom-light: #b47fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e47d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55665,
    "c": 0.2089,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E47D5

secondary

#BCD99E

accent

#E64294

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E47D5

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

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