#8E47E4#8E47E4

#8E47E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.225 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E47E4
RGBrgb(142, 71, 228)
HSLhsl(267, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(267, 69%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(37.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(46.79, 59.70, -68.37)
CIE-LCHlch(46.79, 90.77, 311.12°)
OKLaboklab(56.77% 0.1121 -0.195)
OKLCHoklch(56.77% 0.225 299.9)
XYZxyz(27.4087, 15.8584, 75.0007)
Luminance0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E47E4 #9DE447
analogous
#474EE4 #8E47E4 #DD47E4
triadic
#8E47E4 #E48E47 #47E48E
tetradic
#8E47E4 #E4474E #9DE447 #47E4DD
square
#8E47E4 #E4474E #9DE447 #47E4DD
split-complementary
#8E47E4 #E4DD47 #4EE447
monochromatic
#52179A #6E1ECF #8E47E4 #AF7CEC #D0B2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03
#8E47E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17
#8E47E4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47E4
5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E47E4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E47E41.005.034.175.03
#FFFFFF5.031.0021.001.00
#0000004.1721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.031.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006FE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006EE1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7A6D90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e47e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.225 299.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57fed',
    500: '#8e47e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e47e4;
$custom-light: #b57fed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e47e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.134,
    "s": 74.408,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56767,
    "c": 0.22491,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E47E4
secondary
#C6E2A4
accent
#F1379D
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFD
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120A16
muted
#817C84

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#8E47E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva