#8E47D6#8E47D6

#8E47D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.210 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E47D6
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 56.34, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 83.79, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.114 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.21 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5433, 15.1123, 65.1766)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E47D6 #8FD647

analogous

#4747D6 #8E47D6 #D547D6

triadic

#8E47D6 #D68E47 #47D68E

tetradic

#8E47D6 #D64747 #8FD647 #47D6D5

square

#8E47D6 #D64747 #8FD647 #47D6D5

split-complementary

#8E47D6 #D6D547 #47D647

monochromatic

#511E85 #6F29B7 #8E47D6 #AD79E1 #CBABEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#8E47D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#8E47D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47D6

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E47D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E47D6	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#016CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e47d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.210 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe3',
    500: '#8e47d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e47d6;
$custom-light: #b47fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e47d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.79,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55737,
    "c": 0.20997,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E47D6

secondary

#BDDA9F

accent

#E74194

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E47D6

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

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