#8E47D7#8E47D7

#8E47D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.211 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E47D7
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 215)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 67%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 56.58, -62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 84.29, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1139 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.211 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6714, 15.1635, 65.8512)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E47D7 #90D747

analogous

#4748D7 #8E47D7 #D647D7

triadic

#8E47D7 #D78E47 #47D78E

tetradic

#8E47D7 #D74748 #90D747 #47D7D6

square

#8E47D7 #D74748 #90D747 #47D7D6

split-complementary

#8E47D7 #D7D647 #48D747

monochromatic

#511D86 #6F28B9 #8E47D7 #AD79E2 #CCACED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8E47D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8E47D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47D7

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E47D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E47D7	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e47d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.211 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe4',
    500: '#8e47d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e47d7;
$custom-light: #b47fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e47d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.583,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55809,
    "c": 0.21104,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E47D7

secondary

#BDDB9F

accent

#E74195

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E47D7

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

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