#8E47D8#8E47D8

#8E47D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.212 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E47D8
RGBrgb(142, 71, 216)
HSLhsl(269, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(269, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(34.3%, 67.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(45.93, 56.81, -62.94)
CIE-LCHlch(45.93, 84.79, 312.07°)
OKLaboklab(55.88% 0.1138 -0.179)
OKLCHoklch(55.88% 0.212 302.4)
XYZxyz(25.8003, 15.2151, 66.5300)
Luminance0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E47D8 #91D847
analogous
#4749D8 #8E47D8 #D647D8
triadic
#8E47D8 #D88E47 #47D88E
tetradic
#8E47D8 #D84749 #91D847 #47D8D6
square
#8E47D8 #D84749 #91D847 #47D8D6
split-complementary
#8E47D8 #D8D647 #49D847
monochromatic
#511D88 #6F27BA #8E47D8 #AD79E3 #CCACED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19
#8E47D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04
#8E47D8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47D8
5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E47D8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E47D81.005.194.045.19
#FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00
#0000004.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006CDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006CD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7F688A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e47d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.212 302.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe5',
    500: '#8e47d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e47d8;
$custom-light: #b47fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e47d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.379,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55881,
    "c": 0.21211,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E47D8
secondary
#BEDBA0
accent
#E84096
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFC
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120A16
muted
#817C84

Preview Lab

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#8E47D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva