#8E47E8#8E47E8

#8E47E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.229 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E47E8
RGBrgb(142, 71, 232)
HSLhsl(266, 78%, 59%)
HSVhsv(266, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(38.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(47.08, 60.66, -70.16)
CIE-LCHlch(47.08, 92.75, 310.85°)
OKLaboklab(57.07% 0.1114 -0.2002)
OKLCHoklch(57.07% 0.229 299.1)
XYZxyz(27.9704, 16.0831, 77.9590)
Luminance0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E47E8 #A1E847
analogous
#4750E8 #8E47E8 #DF47E8
triadic
#8E47E8 #E88E47 #47E88E
tetradic
#8E47E8 #E84750 #A1E847 #47E8DF
square
#8E47E8 #E84750 #A1E847 #47E8DF
split-complementary
#8E47E8 #E8DF47 #50E847
monochromatic
#5214A1 #6E1BD7 #8E47E8 #AF7DEF #D1B4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98
#8E47E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22
#8E47E8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47E8
4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E47E8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E47E81.004.984.224.98
#FFFFFF4.981.0021.001.00
#0000004.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.981.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0070ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006EE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#796E93
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e47e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.229 299.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b680f0',
    500: '#8e47e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e47e8;
$custom-light: #b680f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e47e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.46,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5707,
    "c": 0.22915,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E47E8
secondary
#C9E5A6
accent
#F4349F
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F7EFFD
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120A17
muted
#817C85

Preview Lab

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#8E47E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva