#8E47E6#8E47E6

#8E47E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.227 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E47E6
RGBrgb(142, 71, 230)
HSLhsl(267, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(267, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(38.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(46.94, 60.18, -69.27)
CIE-LCHlch(46.94, 91.76, 310.98°)
OKLaboklab(56.92% 0.1118 -0.1976)
OKLCHoklch(56.92% 0.227 299.5)
XYZxyz(27.6879, 15.9701, 76.4714)
Luminance0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E47E6 #9FE647
analogous
#4750E6 #8E47E6 #DD47E6
triadic
#8E47E6 #E68E47 #47E68E
tetradic
#8E47E6 #E64750 #9FE647 #47E6DD
square
#8E47E6 #E64750 #9FE647 #47E6DD
split-complementary
#8E47E6 #E6DD47 #50E647
monochromatic
#52159D #6E1DD3 #8E47E6 #AF7DED #D0B3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01
#8E47E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19
#8E47E6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47E6
5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E47E6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E47E61.005.014.195.01
#FFFFFF5.011.0021.001.00
#0000004.1921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.011.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006FEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006EE3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7A6D92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e47e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.227 299.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67fef',
    500: '#8e47e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e47e6;
$custom-light: #b67fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e47e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.792,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56918,
    "c": 0.22703,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E47E6
secondary
#C8E4A5
accent
#F3359E
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFD
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120A17
muted
#817C85

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#8E47E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva